Re: Dead short

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2023/5/29 14:22:47

Sorry for the late response, and thanks for all the help. Ross was right. I crossed the wires on the solenoid. Lots of reasons, but no excuses. It was good practice to R&R the solenoid and voltage regulator. Pics wouldn't necessarily be helpful, except to show wire placement on the voltage regulator. Not a bad idea to mark the solenoid leads, too.

This may be obvious to the readership of this forum, but do not try replacing the starter solenoid in the dark, with the battery hooked up, even if you've seen these components a million times. I was very fortunate that there was no permanent damage to myself or my electrical system. BTW there were slight differences between mounting the original voltage regulator and my new one, so I just put the old one back on, and the new one back in the trunk.