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Trying to turn motor over on stand no ign or fuel

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Old 03-24-2018, 12:45 PM
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Im trying to turn the motor over on the stand and make sure theres no leaking or anything i have the power going staight from the battery to starter and a switch going from the little terminal on the starter to the battery and i flip the switch and touch the negative to the battery and the starter just clicks do i need to wire it to a relay and if i do does somebofy have a diagram ?
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What do you mean when you stated that you touch the negative to the battery?

I think you need to run the negative terminal of the battery to the engine block in order to ground the starter properly.
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If it just clicks you have a bad starter or a bad connection.




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