[DeTomaso] Connecting A High Torque/Gear Reduction Starter In APantera

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 Mike,
This is exactly what Joe Perrucci did with his black car and he had an issue with the starter not working sporadically when warm. After struggling for a couple years we reinstalled a stock style solenoid as described by SOBill and he never had a problem again. I surmise that the starter mounted solenoid has a higher current draw than the stock style and with old wiring there was enough resistance to keep the solenoid from actuating. Your scheme should work if everything is in tip top condition but splices have a tendancy to create resistance over time.
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> Bill,
> 
> What has never been adequately explained is why you can't just run the 
> battery cable to the new starter (either using the old solenoid solely as a 
> means to join the two cables, or discarding it entirely and just using a bolt 
> and nut to attach the two cables together, and wrapping with heat-shrink), and 
> extending the stock actuation wire (coming from the key), from the old 
> solenoid, to the new solenoid.
> 
> Yes, I know, there are various wires for points and so forth on the stock 
> solenoid, but if one is using a modern ignition system, as the overwhelming 
> majority of us are, those wires are no longer used anyway.
> 
> So, what's the problem with the ultra-simple scheme, which simply replaces 
> the solenoid on the firewall, with the solenoid on the starter?
> 
> Mike
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