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Removed old solinoid, sanded mounting screw holes down to bare metal and installed new solinoid using star washers between solinoid and firewall to dig into fresh metal. Reinstalled wires, but put the two smaller gauge wires on a different small post as I mistakenly thought the two smaller posts were idential input posts. Got nothing when turned key, so removed and replaced the smaller two wires onto the original laft hand side small post and it fires rught up and idles like a kitten. I'll deal with the braided negative cable to ground when it warms up a little more and I can get on the ground under the car. But I am back to "normal" and have lights, so presume ground is good for the moment. I wrapped some thick electrical tape around the smaller wire where it goes through the firewall to prevent shorting out until I replace the wires and will install gromets whereever something passes through the metal.


So far, it's been a good day, but I've got time to screw up. Fabricating brackets to mount military tail lights on the rear gravel shield. Sorry, gotta drill some small holes for this.