slp--firehawk

I just installed my engine, there are three terminals on the starter solenoid, I put the remote wire to the remote, the positive to what I thought was positive, and the negative on the terminal with the other small ground wire from the solenoid to starter. Is this right?

2000LS1Girl

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on my car i hooked large ground wire on block and the large power wire to the terminal without jumper on it... then small signal wire on small terminal.... hope this helps

poolshark021

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The ground wire should go right to the engine block, not on the solenoid. The small wire goes on the small terminal, the large positive wire goes on the large terminal with nothing else, and the third terminal should go from the soleniod to the starter with no extra wires.

foreverzero

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sounds like we have a winner

slp--firehawk

lol, alright imma try that slight alteration and see how it works, ill keep posted

slp--firehawk

Ok now I have the starter wiring on lock, my battery is crap tho imma get a new one, I tried starting it and it rpetty kmuch sounded the same, a very fast clicking with no attempt to spin the engine. I checked the batt voltage tho and it was only like 11.54 so that could be relavent. Is there anything outside these three wires that could be causing this?

SamhainZ28

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i had the same problem about a month ago, i fixed it by removing the cables from the battery and cleaning everything with a wire brush and some baking soda+water, put everything back together nice and tight and she fired right up. Goodluck

slp--firehawk

hmm yea my battery terminals and wiring is as clean as my rims so that couldn't be it. Does anyone know how many volts you need to fire up an ls1? Is it possible I could have slightly sub normal voltage but even lower amperage, not allowing enough energy or do the two go hand in hand? Is there any other possibility that could cause this?

Marc 85Z28

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You could have problems starting the car even if you have 1000 volts. Its the battery amperage that powers the starter, not voltage. Regardless, if you're reading less than 12.6v at the battery, it's discharged. Get a new battery.

slp--firehawk

sounds like a legit call, ill get a new battery and test her out and repost so nobody can think of potential wiring problems outside remote, ground, power?

Jantzer98SS

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why not try to jump it before you buy a new battery. Maybe it's the starter.

slp--firehawk

nah its not the starter, unless its the starter wiring somehow. the car only has 30k miles on it, everything is clean as **** and mechanically speaking should be flawless I believe, it was at least before I pulled the engine and transmission. The battery is the original from 1999 so it's been gettin time, 9 years on that son' bitch.

ssfast99

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it could be having excessive drop in juice when you start it or if it is clicking, your starter sileniod might have gone bad. good luck, electronics have a mind of their own.

Jantzer98SS

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I would jump it instead of say no way. Could be the starter, you never know until you test it.

Beast96Z

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If you place a volt meter on the battery and watch it while someone cranks, you should see the voltage drop to nothing. As said before, it's the amps that start the car, not the voltage.

2000LS1Girl

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try jumping it but definitely sounds like bad battery

brad8266

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Loose connection, corrosion someplace, bad battery or bad starter.

Lt1Porsche

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Its a damn bad battery ppl. Just jump the car or put a new battery in it. Plain and simple. And yes amps does start a car but sufficient voltage is required for all of the supporting electronics to maintain a running idle and supply current to all sensors and relays to fire the car in the first place. 11.6V is not going to cut it. Put a new battery in it and fire it up. 9 years old. I say you got your money's worth out of it.

slp--firehawk

Yea the battery started her right up that was some educational info reguardless, thanks, I like this site more and more the more I'm around

FMX05

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Yeah you can't really test a battery by its sitting voltage. In needs to be put on a load tester to see if it keeps the voltage output when put under a load. I'm glad to see you go it fixed up though.