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PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! starter issue!
Alright, im just going to copy and paste from my post on nastyz28, hopefully someone here can help me out, I need a solution!!!
Alright,
Obviously something is wrong and before I burn out a starter or ruin my battery I figured I would ask. Feels like we have done everything however every time we go to hook up the battery, the starter engages. It doesn't try to start the car but turns on and spins and spins. Ignition is off and key out of car.
Engine is a 350 in a '76 Type Lt w/ AC, starter is the '98 Chevy Silvarado mini high-torque style.
4 wires, 4 studs on the cylinoids. Tried to hook it up like my dads '73 Z (which has the large style starter) with the battery wire and one smaller wire on the top, a smaller wire on the engine block side smaller stud and the bottom stud went directly to the lower portion of the starter. Connected battery and it engaged.
Thought maybe the smaller wire on the battery stud on top should have gone on the bottom stud. Switched them and had the same issue.
Thought maybe the battery would go on top, smaller on the side, and the other smaller on the extra smaller stud. (this I have not tried) But one of the smaller wires has a connector on the end to fit a larger style stud not smaller style.
We checked the distributer wiring against Dad's car also and that was the same.
WHAT GIVES?!?!?!
Suggestions, answers, people with the same issue?
Please please please HELP!
Thanks!
(slowcar response)
not a solution just an idea. or you have three wires one is battery power other is main power to wire hanes red. other wire is power from key pink.
red wire goes with battery power on large termanal . the one with out the wire giong into the starter body. the pink wire goes to the small termenal with the s next to it.
So I flipped the cilynoid 180* and hooked it up the same way stated above from slowcar, (battery wire and other wire on large terminal outer, ignition wire on the "S" smaller stud, and the lower larger stud going into the starter itself) and had power but go to turn the key, nothing there. This also made the cilynoid get burning hot also. Let it cool and moved the ignition wire over to the "R" and had the same issue, turn key and nothing there. I have power to everything but the car wont engage the starter. So I moved the ignition wire back to where it should be and just have the battery disconnected currently.
I also checked the fuses and all of the fuses are good. Where it says "ING" however there is just a wire that comes out to what looks like could be a relay?
Talking to dad he suggested to help narrow it down hook up the battery again and see if the cylinoid gets hot again. If it does, take the battery off and let it cool, then disconnect the ignition wire and hook the batter back up to see if it still gets hot to narrow down if its an ignition problem drawing constant juice or the starter itself.
Any other ideas on what it could be or to help narrow things down?
Alright,
Obviously something is wrong and before I burn out a starter or ruin my battery I figured I would ask. Feels like we have done everything however every time we go to hook up the battery, the starter engages. It doesn't try to start the car but turns on and spins and spins. Ignition is off and key out of car.
Engine is a 350 in a '76 Type Lt w/ AC, starter is the '98 Chevy Silvarado mini high-torque style.
4 wires, 4 studs on the cylinoids. Tried to hook it up like my dads '73 Z (which has the large style starter) with the battery wire and one smaller wire on the top, a smaller wire on the engine block side smaller stud and the bottom stud went directly to the lower portion of the starter. Connected battery and it engaged.
Thought maybe the smaller wire on the battery stud on top should have gone on the bottom stud. Switched them and had the same issue.
Thought maybe the battery would go on top, smaller on the side, and the other smaller on the extra smaller stud. (this I have not tried) But one of the smaller wires has a connector on the end to fit a larger style stud not smaller style.
We checked the distributer wiring against Dad's car also and that was the same.
WHAT GIVES?!?!?!
Suggestions, answers, people with the same issue?Please please please HELP!
Thanks!
(slowcar response)
not a solution just an idea. or you have three wires one is battery power other is main power to wire hanes red. other wire is power from key pink.
red wire goes with battery power on large termanal . the one with out the wire giong into the starter body. the pink wire goes to the small termenal with the s next to it.
So I flipped the cilynoid 180* and hooked it up the same way stated above from slowcar, (battery wire and other wire on large terminal outer, ignition wire on the "S" smaller stud, and the lower larger stud going into the starter itself) and had power but go to turn the key, nothing there. This also made the cilynoid get burning hot also. Let it cool and moved the ignition wire over to the "R" and had the same issue, turn key and nothing there. I have power to everything but the car wont engage the starter. So I moved the ignition wire back to where it should be and just have the battery disconnected currently.
I also checked the fuses and all of the fuses are good. Where it says "ING" however there is just a wire that comes out to what looks like could be a relay?
Talking to dad he suggested to help narrow it down hook up the battery again and see if the cylinoid gets hot again. If it does, take the battery off and let it cool, then disconnect the ignition wire and hook the batter back up to see if it still gets hot to narrow down if its an ignition problem drawing constant juice or the starter itself.
Any other ideas on what it could be or to help narrow things down?
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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