Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

VetteVet,
Now that is interesting using the relay. That should help on the load to using a relay no voltage drop with that setup either.;):chevy:

Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

An easier fix to the problem is a cvr mini starter.
Mine never started hot, then I put the cvr in 7 years ago and have had zero problems.

CRV 5323OS





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Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

Great idea, saved to my files.

But one of the greatest things about Mark at Mad Enterprises is that the cable to the starter is dead all the time except starting. So if that cable touches a hot header or a crash happens no shorting out, the cable is electrically dead while the motor is running.

I think I have purchased five or six kits from Mark, he is wealth of knowledge and is more than happy to talk to you and help out. If you call be prepared, and the phone rings busy he's on the phone and he's the only one who answers the phone and if he answers the phone when you call you're going to talk for at least thirty minutes.

Mick

Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

I agree I talked for about a hour with him about a year ago on the voltage regulator setup I have.;):chevy:

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I had asked the question earlier in the thread about the proper way to shim a starter . I did receive two shims in the box with the new starter and also had the 2 shims left over from the old starter. Is the shimming process done by how it sounds or is there a different method?

Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

I bought the remote solenoid kit from Summit and wired it just like the sketch in post #7 above, I think. I connected the positive battery cable to the battery first and when I went to connect the negative cable to the battery the starter began turning over. The key switch was in the off position. Any thoughts on where I went wrong? This all began when I was unable to start the 1969 Blazer, turn the key and got nothing. I assumed the headers got the solenoid too hot.

Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

Double check the location of the wires again. Nothing should be on the terminal of the main starter cable but the starter cable itself

Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

I will check it again this weekend when I get home. I'm fairly certainI just have the one cable from the main post on the starter solenoid up to the remote solenoid. I added the jumper from the main post on the starter solenoid to the small post "S". Thanks for the reply, I'll look it all over again.

Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures
 

Thank you for this posting with photos!

I just got this kit myself, though I did not actually go looking for it. After talking to Mark at madelectrical.com for one of his wiring kits to upgrade my alternator he went on about this (unknown to me) problem LOL.

Though I have a radiator tank at this spot not sure where I'll mount the solenoid, since I am not sure there will be enough (safe) mounting space between the tank bracket and behind it. There is zero room forward of the tank bracket as that is where the 1st +12v battery junction is at.

Before talking to Mark, I hadn't really realized +12v was going to the starter all the time and then all that current flow up threw the ignition wiring/dash when starting the truck!