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TR4/4A Belated Happy New Year, glad to be back on the forum, and have a starter question...

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tdskip said:
When, however, I did the above as suggested by Randall she fired right up. I tested this by disconnecting the spade wire (on the high torque starter that was connected to the large power cable connected to the main terminal on the starter) and jumped it to the open spade terminal on the starter solenoid on the body of the car, as pictured here (alligator clip).

This terminal (were alligator clip is attached) appears to be always hot and the starter clicks when it is connected. I am pretty sure I don't what that always on so I evidently need to pick a different terminal but am not sure which one to use.
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Right. That spade on the solenoid is always hot (and is normally used to feed power to the rest of the car). You'll need to connect your starter wire to the other big terminal, which is hot only when the solenoid is energized. Here's a shot of my TR3. The new brown wire on the bottom goes to the small terminal on the gear-drive starter.

PS Radio Shack or your local electronics store should have a ring terminal suitable for the solenoid post. https://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103495

Starter solenoid.jpg
 
Welcome back, Tom!
 
Hi Tom,

Glad to hear your back in the saddle. Personally, I`m not an Elec. person but just for the heck of it; I would loosen the ground bolt on the "Firewall" & make sure you have "Bare Metal" for the contact vs. "Painted Surface".

You`ve probably done this already but If not; Its an inexpensive check.

Welcome Back,

Russ
 
Thanks guys, good to be back and active here. Appreciate the notes.

I'm pretty sure Randall's suggestion will take care of it, I just need to find the time to actually make the wire for that connection, will probably knock it out today. I'll let you know.
 
OK, so snuck some time in on the car between Dad duty and, well, Dad duty. Turns out the issue was a bad connection on the control wire to the hot post on the high torque starter. The crimping wasn't done properly so only a few strands were taking the full load. Over time this fried those few strands making the connection even worse. I remade that post to control space terminal, soldering them properly, and problem solved.

Thanks again guys.
 
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