Re: loud starter spinning noise

Posted by HH56 On 2009/2/7 20:54:15

What you describe sounds correct. Wire colors probably faded & hard to tell but the small terminal on top of the solenoid should be a green tinted wire going to the carb switch and the other terminal of carb switch should be yellow with red stripe and go to the ign switch.

The large terminal on solenoid should have the battery cable connected, a red wire going to bat terminal on regulator, another red with green stripe going under dash to a splice point going to several more places, and the other red wire on solenoid goes to horn relay.

If you disconnect the green wire going to the solenoid at either end, the motor should not spin. If it does, then the solenoid is bad.

EDIT I should have said disconnect green at solenoid and if it spins, solenoid bad. If disconnected at carb switch end and still spins, possible that wire is shorted to another.