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37coop · 11-11-2018, 06:24 AM

Hi guys. I put an old solinoid with the button under to fire up the car from under the hood and used the solinoid button ,it turned over but wouldn't start ,I then disconnected the live from the battery messed about a bit the connected the live battery,as soon as the cable touched the battery the engine turned over and the positive battery terminal started to fry...I guessed the start button under the solinoid was stuck on . I replaced it with another old one without the button under and I pushed the starter button inside the car and nothing..dead,I tested the small wire to the solinoid when pushing the starter button and no live to the end connector ...I guess a fuse or whatever has blown when the battery live terminal started to melt ,I,v tried to squeeze between the seat to see what's going on but my aging bones and large frame made it difficult....what I,m asking is there a quick way to run a ( temporary maybe) wire from wherever to the solinoid that will go live when the starter button is pressed ,electrics are a science which Is not my thing .
On another note today is Armastice day ,a commemoration of 100 years to the day of the end of the First World War..11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 year 1911, I interrupted my post to watch the ceremony live from the Cenotaph in London ,millions Killed as we know,a tear in my eye , puts things into perspective, I wonder what our young soldiers who gave their lives all them years ago would think of our world today ...

11-11-2018, 06:24 AM	#1
37coop Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: kent , u.k Posts: 519	39 coupe button to solinoid wire dead Hi guys. I put an old solinoid with the button under to fire up the car from under the hood and used the solinoid button ,it turned over but wouldn't start ,I then disconnected the live from the battery messed about a bit the connected the live battery,as soon as the cable touched the battery the engine turned over and the positive battery terminal started to fry...I guessed the start button under the solinoid was stuck on . I replaced it with another old one without the button under and I pushed the starter button inside the car and nothing..dead,I tested the small wire to the solinoid when pushing the starter button and no live to the end connector ...I guess a fuse or whatever has blown when the battery live terminal started to melt ,I,v tried to squeeze between the seat to see what's going on but my aging bones and large frame made it difficult....what I,m asking is there a quick way to run a ( temporary maybe) wire from wherever to the solinoid that will go live when the starter button is pressed ,electrics are a science which Is not my thing . On another note today is Armastice day ,a commemoration of 100 years to the day of the end of the First World War..11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 year 1911, I interrupted my post to watch the ceremony live from the Cenotaph in London ,millions Killed as we know,a tear in my eye , puts things into perspective, I wonder what our young soldiers who gave their lives all them years ago would think of our world today ...