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11-16-2010, 12:13 AM | #1 |
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HEI and Starter wiring?
Okay, on the wire harness in the engine compartment, the one that is used for ignition, starter, etc....my question is how do you wire HEI distributor and starter, etc....??? I know the short green one is for temp switch.
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11-16-2010, 12:27 AM | #2 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
There should be a green wire coming from the firewall wire harness that you need to put a spaid terminal on to the HEI on the (BAT) side. Its a switched power source from the fuse block. The other terminal is simply for a tach. There should be a couple different green wires. Use a test light to determine which one is a switched power source, the temp one wont have any power. The starter is a heavy gauge red wire with a larger eyelit terminal on it that you shouldnt have to mess with. theres also a ground. As far as your one wire alternator goes you need to run one wire from the alternator to the battery to maintain the charge. and the other wire comes from the firewall and I believe is purple
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11-16-2010, 12:32 AM | #3 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
Hope this helps.
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
Exactly what i was looking for - thanks for the pics and detail, 05 crewcab.
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02-07-2011, 10:38 PM | #7 |
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Hey, no problem. Good Luck!
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
I have a question regarding the black fuseable link wire coming from the positive side of the battery goes to a juction box , an the black wire that shows a fuse inline . my question is this , i dont have a fuseable wire from the battery do I need this an where can i get one, also what size fuse goes into the inline fuse link ? I'm redoing several mistakes PO have done an dont know what to do here!
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03-20-2011, 08:25 PM | #9 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
I thought my previsou question would show the wire diagram
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03-21-2011, 01:10 AM | #10 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
I'm sorry, I missed that post. I'm going to my shop in the morning.
I'll check the size for you. Spike
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03-21-2011, 11:57 AM | #11 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
mine is 4amp fuse
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
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The HEI feed wire can also be run from the firewall connector if you remove the orange/blue resistor wire and replace it with a 12 gauge red wire. It runs from the key switch ignition terminal to the firewall block. You can't just hook up the orange/blue wire to the HEI bat terminal because the HEI needs a full 12 volts to fire properly. You guys can find out all this stuff if you hang out in the electrical forum.
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11-16-2010, 12:48 AM | #13 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
I just looked at the harness, and the heavy wire seems to be the purple one....???
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11-16-2010, 12:51 AM | #14 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
The diagram is correct.
Run a new 12ga wire from the ignition unfused terminal on the fuse block to the BAT terminal on the HEI (red wire above). Then, there is a solid purple wire to your starter from the fuse box...keep this wire and the heavy + lead from the battery attached to the starter, and disconnect the yellow (it ties to a purple/orange resistance wire as well) from the starter and discard (not shown on diagram) Follow the diagram and you are all set...only two wires and you'll be up and running.
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when you say disconnect the yellow, that it ties to a purple/orange resistance wire from the starter and discard..??? can you explain alittle more for this wiring dummy???? |
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11-16-2010, 01:17 PM | #16 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
Sure, in stock form, there are two wires from the fuse box that go to the starter. a solid purple wire, and a purple/orange wire. The purple/orange wire T's with a yellow wire before it hits the starter. that yellow wire goes to the coil for the old points distributor system. With HEI, there is no coil, so the yellow and purple/orange wires are not needed any more...you can just cut it off at the fuse panel and toss it. the reason for doing this is the puple/orange wire is a resistance wire, and will get super hot and melt if left connected with no coil.
Now, having all that said, the truck is 40 years old and has probably already been butchered a bit in the wiring department, so your wires may look different....as long as your finished product looks exactly like the diagram above you'll be set: New 12ga to HEI from ignition unfused in fuse panel (red) Existing 12ga to Starter from fuse panel(solid purple) Existing 6ga positive battery cable to Starter from battery (Thick Red or Black)
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
i'm doing the same upgrade, do i need to run the wire from inside the truck? i ran a wire for the electric choke for the carb from inside fuse box. not sure if there is another "keyed" terminal available inside. which one can i splice into? or should i use the only available terminal (that i used for the electric choke) only for the hei? and splice into something for the choke?
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11-16-2010, 12:53 AM | #19 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
here is a more complete wiring.
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11-16-2010, 12:58 AM | #20 |
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
Sorry, that didn't work well.
Try this Spike
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Re: HEI and Starter wiring?
Thanks Guys I know about changing out the wire for the Hei an have done that an I have the fuse inline on the batter wire , showing a grey wire , but not sure of the two that come from the battery on the top of the diagram, just needed to know what wire to get an what size fuse to put in the other !
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