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signsup · 03-12-2025, 07:54 AM

So if I use the solinoid pictured above with the three posts, presume post 3 from battery is the positive battery cable? Post 1 goes to starter, the solinoid itself is not grounded externally by mounting to firewall, and post 2 is a lead to the starter button on the dash. All other electrical would work as currently installed? This seems like a simple set up to accomplish and would give me my desired effect of a military on/off switch and the starter dash button. Still tracking two wires from current solinoid set up, one is single wire to keyed ignition but other enters a loom with other wiring harness wires and will need som volt meter work to ID. Any thoughts on what a second wire from the same post as the keyed ignition start wire would be? I cannot think of another item that would only be energized during the start position. I could remove one at a time and see what stops working, I suppose.

03-12-2025, 07:54 AM	#23
signsup Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 200	Re: What starter solinoid do I need? So if I use the solinoid pictured above with the three posts, presume post 3 from battery is the positive battery cable? Post 1 goes to starter, the solinoid itself is not grounded externally by mounting to firewall, and post 2 is a lead to the starter button on the dash. All other electrical would work as currently installed? This seems like a simple set up to accomplish and would give me my desired effect of a military on/off switch and the starter dash button. Still tracking two wires from current solinoid set up, one is single wire to keyed ignition but other enters a loom with other wiring harness wires and will need som volt meter work to ID. Any thoughts on what a second wire from the same post as the keyed ignition start wire would be? I cannot think of another item that would only be energized during the start position. I could remove one at a time and see what stops working, I suppose.