[DeTomaso] problem with starter and now ignition switch

[thomas]

Did you by any chance connect the tiny control wire on the starter mounted solenoid to the battery wire post on the solenoid and then connect it like a stock Ford starter after the stock starter relay?

That would explain the behavior and I believe several owners have suffered from this also with other starters with a starter mounted solenoid. The control wire must be connected to the starter wire from the ignition switch, possibly through a relay. It is important that it is not directly hooked to the fat battery post on the starter solenoid. 

Thomas

4 jul 2013 kl. 03:42 skrev Ed Pike <erjpike at gmail.com>:

> Boyd,
> 
> I had the bendix engagement issue you describe with the following Hi torque
> starter:
> 
> Proform Parts 66271 - Proform High-Torque
> Starters<http://www.summitracing.com/parts/pro-66271>
> 
> Tried two starters had the same issue. Fixed it by adding a "fender
> mounted" starter soleniod to the same starter that the bendix stuck in.
> Solved my problem. Don't know why the bendix continues to engage. Yes this
> starter has an attached solenoid. Yes sometimes it worked fine sometimes it
> just clicked and sometimes it continued to spin. Worth a try.
> 
> Ed...
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all. I have been having problems with my starter. The last starter
>> stopped working would just click. Put in a new BB starter (just like last
>> one. After only a few days I started having a problem with the Bendix gear
>> not engaging. A few tries and it would engage. The car seemed like it was
>> running on a little longer then normal ( I had read that wiring starter
>> wrong can cause run on when turning car off) just now I started the car
>> after an episode of it not starting due to Bendix not engaging. This time
>> car started but when I turned it off the starter was still spinning ( with
>> out the Bendix engaged and the running lights were on and the key was
>> turned all the way off! I had to disconnect the battery to stop the starter
>> from spinning. Does this sound like a combination of a bad Bendix gear and
>> a bad ignition switch or a wiring problem as well as either a bad starter
>> or a bad ignition switch or all three?
>> Boyd
>> P.S.
>> Any one know the best place to get a new ignition switch?
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> 
> Ed...
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