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When replacing 3.0 motor in ford windstar connected the red starter wire to the positive battery side key off and it arched bad What is wrong?
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∙ 14y ago
Since the large cable going to the starter is the positive, I suspect the negative cable was still hooked up when this happened.
Always disconnect the negative cable before working on the starter - see if doing that helps stop the sparking.
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