starter problems help

[orange70350]

i have a 70 chevy with a 350. i replaced the starter and now i have no to power to anything. what color wires go to which termanals on the starter?

[71meangreenc10]

So when you turn on the key nothing happens? Headlights dont work either? If the answer is yes to both you either are missing the battery ground or does yours have a positive coming off the battery that goes to the terminal stud on the fender? That could be interupted.

Ill check on the wiring, but the purple should be coming from the ignition switch, yellow(if your still using points) goes to the R terminal, and Big red to the post from the battery.


Just checked, Purple goes to the S terminal, Yellow goes to the R.

Smitty

[orange70350]

yea to all i am still running points and it had a wire going to a stud on the fender but there was never anything on the other side of the termanal. i do have 2 wirers hanging neer the battery one is red and the other a brown fused wire. i dont know if that has anything to do with it or not. the PO was not a wiring pro to sat the least.

[71meangreenc10]

those two wires need to be hooked up to the + bat side. Try that and see what happens.

Smitty

[orange70350]

will do thanks guys for the info. ill try it after work tomarrow now that its dark out and the fuse in the brown wire is broken and i dont have a replacement and what are the functions of the wires in question?

[71meangreenc10]

The red one is REALLY important....

Smitty

[71meangreenc10]

the red one provides power to everthing, the brown one is the fuseable link to send power to the red one.

You could just hook up the red one for now to make sure everything works, but i would put in the link with the fender terminal.

Unhook the ground first though.

Smitty

[orange70350]

thanks meangreen! that was my problem. but note to self dont try to start the truck again until i have something on the other sside of the headers