Darracq

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Do you wire it like on regular sbc starter?

Whistler

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Yes, I used to have mine run that way. There wasn't much point to it, so I got rid of the extra solenoid.

justin b

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ive used one and they actually work well for remote mount

Darracq

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Starter wont disengage, all i have is a battery cable to the big terminal and a jumper to the small one.

Slo_240sx

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If it wont disengage with power off then your solenoid is stuck and you need a new starter, or a new remote one if you added it on. I would check to make sure you dont have power there first and make sure your ignition switch isnt sticking.

Darracq

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When i take the starter off it will disengage, like its to tight in flex plate, are there supposed to be any shims under the starter? I will check the other stuff also.

george88gta

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You can check clearance between the bendix drive gear and the flexplate/flywheel teeth with a paper clip. You push out the drive gear and insert the paper clip between the top of the drive gear tooth and the valley between the flywheel teeth. If you cant insert the clip, you need to shim. Shims should be available at any auto parts suppliers. As I recall, if the drive gear sticks, you shim the bolt hole closest to the block. If drive gear slips, you shim the bolt farthest from the block. One other thing I have encountered, is that if the flexplate is powder coated, or painted, you may have the correct clearance, but the coating makes the drive gear stick to the flexplate teeth. I learned this one the hard way, destroyed a brand new high torque starter due to the drive gear sticking. Burned up the bushing in the drive gear.

Darracq

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I sprayed some wd 40 on and it seems to be working now.

Thanks

george88gta

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What did you spray with WD-40? Just some FYI for you, the Bendix drive is lubed at mfg and doesnt need to be serviced. You may be masking the real problem.

Darracq

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I just strayed it all over the gear, Hopefully it will get me by for awhile.

IOwnCalculus

For the record, the second-solenoid trick seems to be a bit excessive. A cleaner solution, in my opinion, is to run the key wires to a 30A relay to the terminal on the starter; this way you don't need to go slicing and dicing that heavy-gauge positive wire.