V1 Installing starter

[barichuk]

I had to get a new starter, long story and not very funny, and I don't remember how to attach the wires. I have a small 'switch' wire, and I know it goes to the small connector in the middle. I have a big power wire coming from the battery, a wire coming from the alternator, and one coming from the fuse box in the back of the car; three wires and only two connectors. Can anyone tell me which wires go where?

 

[Ark :D]

Here you go.

(Btw ..... that's your picture, lol!)

 

[barichuk]

If we compete for the Densest Mechanic Award, I would like someone to nominate me.

 

[Ark :D]

No ill meant, my friend. =) It just made me chuckle. I do stuff like that all the time.

 

[barichuk]

Which explains !

 

[Jareth]

May I ask what’s that connector to in top of the photo?

 

[barichuk]

That should be colon D.

May I ask what’s that connector to in top of the photo?

 

[barichuk]

Do you mean the solenoid? There are 3 connectors. The small one in the center is from the computer and tells the starter it's OK to start. The left one has the power cord from the battery and a wire from the alternator. The right one is the ground to the case of the starter.

 

[Rttoys]

The case is ground. I labeled the others

a lot of people don’t realize, the bottom connection from the solenoid to motor itself, if hot when “starting“.

 

[Rttoys]

And this

 

[Jareth]

Sorry this is the connector I was curious about

 

[ctuinstra]

That's the crank position sensor. If I'm seeing this correctly, the one just to the left of it is the knock sensor.

 

[Jareth]

Thanks, I appreciate everyone help

 

[Gtstorey]

Sorry this is the connector I was curious about

On the turbo, I think that is the oil pressure switch. But it might be higher up.

 

[Rttoys]

Yes. Looks like oil pressure sending unit and just left of that is the knock sensor.

 

[Rauq]

I, too, can confirm, the oil pressure sending unit is referred to with the arrow and threaded into the block, and the knock sensor is mated to the block with the smaller bolt that is in the foreground in that picture.