Hey guys, as the post says above I'm asking for a little bit of help with my escort, its a 1980 ford escort sedan 4dr (ill try and get some pics up tomorrow) , thats all i know about it, and the solenoid has broken, I'm guessing its called the starter solenoid, i bought a new one, but stupid me didnt take a picture of it before i pulled all the wires off of it to take it into the shop to get a new one, and now i have no idea where which wires are supposed to go, if any one know where the wires are supposed to go it would be a great help, if not if somebody could point me in the right direction that would be great too, thanks guys.

cheers harley

 

oh and the pic is of the solenoid that i bought,

Wrong car forum for this since we're all toyota nuts here BUT since you asked so nicely...

 

There should be two wires from your starter (well, there is on a toyota) one is a control wire from the ignition (thats the spade terminal) the other is the postive wire from the battery (terminal with a nut on it).

 

So hook them up like that.

 

Thick gauge wire from battery to the solenoid goes on the nut terminal (should be a positive).

 

Small control wire from the ignition goes onto the spade terminal.

 

The starter motor earths to ground via being bolted to the gearbox/motor (on a Toyota K motor it does).

 

A bigger pic would help though.

 

Cheers

Raven

Edited July 5, 200719 yr by Raven

Hey thanks for the reply, i wasnt sure if i was gonna be abused for asking for help on a ford or not, when i get the pictures 2morrow (today i got home from work way to late) you will understand haha, cheers

harley

here is a pic of the actual car that we kinda improved on, and the second photo is of the soloinoid, i have been told its part of the starter motor but its all the way over near the manifold, if you need any more pics let us know. and if no one has any idea thats cool ill figure out a way haha, cheers for your time guys,

harley

and a pic of the starter motor and a pic of my dodgy wiring attempting to remember how it all went together, and the car has a full inside and outside rollacage, 4 point harnesses and bucket seats and dual tires.

It should work like any other relay, 2 sides, The control circuit and the load circuit. The heavy gauge wire should be the load side - One from the battery, The other to the starter (Goes to the two big terminals). Also should have an earth (Or earth to the body) and the signal wire that activates the solenoid..

 

I can't say I've come across a starter with an external solenoid, Most starter solenoids are attached to the starter. Or is this just being used like a relay to get good power to the starter?

yea after talking to some guys today i think its being used as a relay to the starter motor

Yeah, Makes more sense to me that way. Didn't it come with instructions? Sometimes they print numbers near the pins to indicate what they do..

 

Any closer pictures of all the contacts on the solenoid?