[DeTomaso] Starter Replacement Options

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I have DB starter, and it works great.  The first one was returned as
the cable stud broke when I wen to tighten it.  No questions asked, they
sent me a new one.

I wired it like some would think is appropriate... I did -NOT- wire it
like their diagram.  The trouble with that is that the starter solenoid
will hang in the ON position and engine speed will kill the starter. 
This was pointed out to me kindly by others on this list.

I went back to the DB instructions with the extra wire "kit" they
provide and wired it just like they said.  No problems and the starter
no longer hangs.  Do it exactly as their instructions say and you'll be
fine.  Pretty much exactly how Mike is saying it should be done.

Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 5/1/2014 6:18 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>    In a message dated 5/1/14 13 27 32, forestg at att.net writes:
>
>      If you read carefully what he wrote he said that he would be
>      jumpering from the cable connection at the starter to the small
>      terminal on the unit mounted solenoid leaving the firewall solenoid
>      as from the factory. When this is done the cable between the
>      firewall solenoid and the starter is dead until the solenoid is
>      energized.
>
>    >>>Perhaps it was left unsaid, but I assumed that the cable between the
>    firewall solenoid and the starter would be moved to the other side.
>
>      > This then sends power to the starter and since the large cable is
>      jumpered to it, it also energizes the starter mounted solenoid thus
>      engaging the starter. This on the surface seems like a simple way to
>      wire the starter. The problem is that because the starter is turning
>      when you release the key the starter motor becomes a generator and
>      feeds back to the solenoid keeping it energized for a few seconds
>      until the start slows enough to drop out the solenoid. This was the
>      method provided years ago by some of the vendors who could not
>      explain why the starter would run on for a few seconds.
>
>    >>>Yes, you're exactly right.  I have a starter from Pantera
>    Performance Center, and their scheme had me taking the solenoid power
>    from the starter end of that cable, with a short (2 inch) jumper wire.
>    Just as you said, when I would turn the key, power would flow down the
>    main cable, reach the jumper wire, and activate the solenoid on the
>    starter, but when I released the key, the starter would be very slow to
>    disengage.
>
>      >You have yours wired the correct way, as do I and many others, and
>      that is why you have no problems.
>
>    >>>NOW I have no problems.  Well, except that my battery is a bit long
>    in the tooth and might want replacing before long....
>    Mike
>
>
>
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