Edited on 2011-08-18 7:53:42

car was running but the starter relay and harness for the coil resister- starter was not hooked up.
Now , I hooked them all up, and hooked the harness wire -brown to starter solenoid and white-red to starter. When I crank it up, as soon as the key is released to run position the car dies. I unhooked the brown wire and back to normal start-run. ???

What might it be? Runs ok with that system not installed. How many ohms should the resister show across it's terminals?

Submitted by ksdancy@hotmail.com on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 16:00

Where is the location for the starter relay for the non "resister relay" types?
We have a relay under the dash in front of the right side door and it has the proper color wiring for those cars. It seems like the wrong harness was put back in and that is maybe the reason we are having trouble matching it all up.
When I hooked up the starter "resister relay" on the firewall and fed thru resister and coil, the car would start up but shut off as soon as the key was released. So maybe we had a double system ??
advice?

Submitted by ksdancy@hotmail.com on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 08:37

The engine does not sound as if it is dragging, it is more like you just turned the switch to the off position. The brown wire has a "ring" on the end and the white-red has a female quick disconnect on end. The starter "bar" has the quick disconnect male ends and the solenoid has the stud and nut -- thus I connected them that way.

Submitted by bblackwell@jcna.com on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 08:08

I have not looked at a circuit diagram, but I believe the red-white should go to the solenoid and the brown should go to the starter. On all cars with Lucas electrics, the red-white is energized when you turn the key to start, and goes dead with key switch in engine run position. you are possibly dragging the starter motor with the engine, or in other words, when the key is released to run the starter is remaining engaged with the flywheel. As it is wired now, it is engaged all the time, even with the key out of the car as brown wires are hot all the time, key or not. when you connected it, or when the battery was connected, someone should have heard a pretty loud click. Taking the brown wire on and off should make that click happen. The engine will try to run when you have power to the starter, but when the power goes off to the starter, the engine won't drag it and it stalls.

Submitted by bblackwell@jcna.com on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 08:08

I have not looked at a circuit diagram, but I believe the red-white should go to the solenoid and the brown should go to the starter. On all cars with Lucas electrics, the red-white is energized when you turn the key to start, and goes dead with key switch in engine run position. you are possibly dragging the starter motor with the engine, or in other words, when the key is released to run the starter is remaining engaged with the flywheel. As it is wired now, it is engaged all the time, even with the key out of the car as brown wires are hot all the time, key or not. when you connected it, or when the battery was connected, someone should have heard a pretty loud click. Taking the brown wire on and off should make that click happen. The engine will try to run when you have power to the starter, but when the power goes off to the starter, the engine won't drag it and it stalls.