[LPete]

The cable to the battery and the cable to the starter need to be on opposite terminals of the new relay, not the same terminal. The other red wire that used to be on the starter battery terminal needs to go on the same terminal of the new relay as the battery cable is on.

[2002Z4CSS]

What kind of starter is in the car? Some of the aftermarket high torque starters will engage as you described since they have a different solenoid than a stock GM one.

[gtome]

Originally Posted by LPete

The cable to the battery and the cable to the starter need to be on opposite terminals of the new relay, not the same terminal. The other red wire that used to be on the starter battery terminal needs to go on the same terminal of the new relay as the battery cable is on.

For this to work correctly, everything that was on the big post of the starter originally needs to be on the left post of the remote solinoid, then the big cable to that same origial post on the starter needs to come from the SAME post on the remote solinoid. Essentually making one cable that comes from the battery to the starter, just "tee's" at the remote.
Purple "s" start wire from the harness to the "s" on the remote, then the large cold post of the remote goes to the "s" on the starter.
I just did this a few days ago and it works great.

You know after thinking about it, I guess you could run battery and other red wire to the left side of remote, the original "s" to the remote "s", and a large cable from the cold side of the remote to the big "batt" post of the starter....then a little jumper from the big "batt" post of the starter to the "s" of the starter.
That would also work, either way should make it work.

["QUICK-SILVER"]

Originally Posted by gtome

You know after thinking about it, I guess you could run battery and other red wire to the left side of remote, the original "s" to the remote "s", and a large cable from the cold side of the remote to the big "batt" post of the starter....then a little jumper from the big "batt" post of the starter to the "s" of the starter.
That would also work, either way should make it work.

That's how ford wired them originally on 460's. Purpose was two fold; increase power to the solenoid for cranking, and kill power to the starter, for safety, when not being used.
The 460's had delco type solenoids with a copper strap tieing the big post to the S post.

[black death]

Originally Posted by LPete

The cable to the battery and the cable to the starter need to be on opposite terminals of the new relay, not the same terminal. The other red wire that used to be on the starter battery terminal needs to go on the same terminal of the new relay as the battery cable is on.

Ok. I have it wired the way you described in this post..Now all i have is power to the post that goes to the battery..cable going to the starter motor has no power...Dont get it...

["QUICK-SILVER"]

Originally Posted by black death

Ok. I have it wired the way you described in this post..Now all i have is power to the post that goes to the battery..cable going to the starter motor has no power...Dont get it...

That's right. Hook up the purple wire and engage the ford solenoid with the ignition switch. Then power will go down to the starter.
You can touch the ford s terminal with a jumper wire from battery (+) for testing.
If it's a straight shift, make sure it's in neutral.

Come back and tell us you've got it figured out.

[johnta1]

Starter Relay How-To

[quicksilver97ta]

Originally Posted by LPete

The cable to the battery and the cable to the starter need to be on opposite terminals of the new relay, not the same terminal. The other red wire that used to be on the starter battery terminal needs to go on the same terminal of the new relay as the battery cable is on.

That's how I've always done it. Use a short 10ga jumper wire at the starter to jump the solinoid on the starter. This is the most reliable way, remove the voltage from the starter completely when not in use. Wire the typical purple start wire to the ford solinoid.