[W126 Coupe] 500SEC engine/starter question

[Jonathan Hodgman]

Is your neutral safety switch OK/set up properly?

Jonathan

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 3:24 AM, Josh Allen <heyallen at null-ptr.net> wrote:


> If anyone can lend any ideas here, it would be much appreciated.

>

> After installing the "new" engine in my SEC, I finally went to turn it over

> a bit to pump some oil up into the engine, and ATF through the tranny

> plumbing.

>

> While renewing the engine before reinstalling it, I installed a rebuilt

> starter.  The new starter differs slightly from the old starter in the

> terminal arrangement, in that it has two smaller terminals slightly

> separated from each other, rather than the two terminals that were only

> separated by a plastic divider on the old starter.

>

> At first, the starter wouldn't respond, so I switched the terminal on it

> for the solenoid control wire, at which point it wouldn't stop once I

> jumpered it at the terminal block.

>

> Once I had interrupted the endless cranking by removing the battery

> terminal, I am now scratching my head trying to figure out what went wrong.

>  I can't seem to find a good wiring diagram to reference as to which

> terminal on the terminal row should have power, switched power, or start

> only power.  Currently, all the terminals appear to be connected to B+, even

> when the ignition is off.

>

> I decided that it was time to take a break and think on this some more,

> while not staring at it.

>

> Any ideas on what I managed to mess up in hooking it up?

>

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