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∙ 16y agoyou have a dirty battery post
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∙ 16y agoFrom battery to starter solenoid
The positive battery terminal goes to ground, the negative terminal goes to the starter solenoid.
When connected to the cable which normally runs to the starter it completes the circuit. Electrons flow from the negative terminal to the positive terminal.
yes if you dont remove the positive terminal off the battery before unistalling the starter or installing it the lead going to the starter will be hot.
The starter.
Look for a loose or corroded positive battery cable at the battery post - or a loose/corroded battery terminal on the positive cable.
Find the positive battery terminal. Follow the thick cable from that terminal and it will lead to the starter solenoid.
Obviously the positive one....which is best found by being the one that DOESN'T end at a ground point. the easiest solution to that is to start from the starter. the LARGEST (presumibly black) wire from the starter to the battery terminal is the GROUND. that would make the other terminal the positive.
Follow the thick red cable from the positive terminal on the battery. It leads straight to the starter motor.
The starter should have two wires. The positive wire goes to the positive terminal on the battery. The ground wire can be grounded to anything that is metal.
under the engine follow the positive cable off of the battery terminal
THE LAST ANSWER IS CORRECT OR MORE TO THE QUESTION THERE IS NO GROUND WIRE ON A STARTERFollow the wire. One will go to ground, one to hot. Most starters are marked with a + (positive) and a - (negative) on the terminals themselves,just like your battery. Usually the larger terminal where the battery cable connects to the starter is the positive terminal. .On a most starters both posts are hot(+) and the casing is grounded(-) .Usually the bigger post is a direct wire from the battery and the smaller post is a remote wire from the starter switch.Follow the positive battery cable wire (+) to the other end, that should lead you there. Because it will be connected to the starter solenoid. Please take note, a solenoid mounted on a starter has no ground wire, but a solenoid separated from the starter and mounted on the firewall does.