You do need a switched live to the bat terminal, but not to the tach terminal. The tach terminal is the negative side of the coil, the bat terminal is the positive side of the coil. Normally the tach terminal is for the green wire from the tach.
To wire an ignition barrel in the Citroen Saxo, begin by disconnecting the wire at the negative terminal of the battery. A lead wire has to go to the ACC terminal on the ignition barrel. The starter relay wire goes to the ST terminal and the ignition wire is connected to the IGN terminal.
Small terminal on starter solenoid- if Ford product and have 2 smaller terminals - pick either - disregard 2nd small terminal
On the coil, the - or negative side goes to the distributor. The + or positive side goes to the ignition and is a resistor wire. That means it does not have 12 volts when the key is on. It should be approximately 9 volts. On the starter the positive cable goes to the large terminal and also any other large wires. That will feed the acessories.The purple wire goes to the inside terminal on the starter and it comes from the neutral safety switch. The last wire goes to the solenoid terminal marked R, that is the resistor side of the soleniod.
Is your ignition wire hooked up to your distributor? 1.This small pink wire hooks into the top left part of the distributor marked "BAT" Is your battery fully charged? Is your starter wired up correctly? 1.The 2 skinny red wires and the + battery cable wire go to the big terminal on the starter. 2.The skinny purple wire goes to the small "S" terminal on the starter. Make sure the - battery cable is grounded correctly.Hope this helps you.
It is on the starter itself and is called the starter solenoid. Heavy current is handled by the solenoid which is activated by the ignition switch. Current comes from the igniton switch, then to the s terminal on the starter which then connects heavy amperage to the starter motor itself.
The small purple wire on the "S" terminal of an older GM vehicle starter would lead to the ignition switch. With the key in the start (crank) position, the purple wire signals the starter solenoid to engage the starter.
The small wire connects to the "S" terminal. The "R" terminal is not used if you have electronic ignition.
the thick cable goes to the battery positive terminal . one thin wire goes to ignition switch
Not sure, but had to run a wire from the battery to starter and hold it on a starter terminal to turn the starter after replacing it. I think it may be an ignition switch problem but haven't figured out how to get to it yet.
If the starter is still rotating the crankshaft upon turning the key in the ignition, AND there is a charge from the ignition coil to the distributor, the problem is most likely that 1. The distributor is improperly timed and/or calibrated for the engine in which it is placed, 2. The distributor is the incorrect type for the engine it is attached to, or 3. the mechanical linkages that spin the rotor are defective or incorrectly installed.
If you can get to the starter, you hook up one side of the switch to the terminal that goes to the battery and the other side of the switch to the small terminal marked with and "S". "S" is for starter. The other small terminal you leave alone. Applying power to this terminal will damage the starter.
On the starter solinoid