The starter worked this morning, now it doesn't.

[RETed]

Originally Posted by classicauto

First of all, that black box thingy is a damping capacitor for the oil pressure gauge.
It's not going to affect anything that has to do with the starter.
Just connect that to ANY ground.
For a Turbo II, it's bolted down by one of the bolts on the clutch slave cylinder.

WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THE FACT THAT THE MAIN ENGINE GROUND IS NOT CONNECTED!!!
Look BEHIND the black box in that pic - see the big ring terminal?
That's the main engine ground connection that is usually secured by the long starter bolt!
This NEEDS to be securely connected, of your engine isn't properly grounded.
The starter grounds through the engine block - no engine ground; starter doesn't work well - hell, a LOT of stuff won't work well.
We're talking the main ECU grounds are on the engine, as are how the spark plugs fire through the engine block too.

Some of the pics confuse me...
In another pic, it looks like the water temp connector (yellow wire with female bullet connector) is routed all that way to the starter...
How did you manage that?


-Ted

[My5ABaby]

Originally Posted by RETed

WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THE FACT THAT THE MAIN ENGINE GROUND IS NOT CONNECTED!!!
Look BEHIND the black box in that pic - see the big ring terminal?
That's the main engine ground connection that is usually secured by the long starter bolt!

Originally Posted by classicauto

Good idea.

Ted - didn't even see it. Its a tough point of view to distinguish things

I still don't see it. Or are we talking the sideways copper thing that you can barely see that may or may not be a figment of my imagination?