LR90jp Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I need some help regarding how my starter is wired. Starter is a Lucas 162SA on a 1988 Ninety converted to 300tdi. I was chasing some wires in order to connect a glow plug timer relay harness (finally delivered after order in February) and realised that my starter has the glow plug wire connection disconnected and what seem to be where the white wire should be too. From what I could find, these should be the numbered connections: 1: White 2: Brown/red 3: White/black 4: White/red 5: Brown I have connection 2 (glow plug - all this time they were disconnected) and 1 disconnected. On 3 I have a solid white wire. Can someone explain how my starter is connected? Truck used to run ok, but have not strated in some time due to ongoing refub. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 You don't need the glow plug connection off the ign. module - the timer relay live feed (thick brown) goes to the starter terminal that has the main Battery cable . cheers Steve b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90jp Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Thanks Steve. I am currently trying to install the glow plug timer and was aware i need to disconnect the brown/red wire. My main concern is the missing white cable on terminal 1, and a white cable (instead of white/black) on terminal 3. Any idea on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 the plain white on 3 should be moved to 1 - you can see a twist in the wire that suggests it's in the wrong place - and then there must be a white/black lurking in there for 3 . Cheers Steve b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90jp Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Any ideas as to the why it might have been connected this way?Is it a good assumption that somewhere the white/black wire is connected to the white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 see my posts in ex 2.5TD with a 200Tdi fitted 26 years ago, the thickbrown/red is not used if the Tdi glowplug timer is wired in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90jp Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 I underatand the thick brown/red wire need to be disconnected for a glow plug relay setup. That is clear to me. My main questions is the confusion regarding the thick white and white/black wire on connections 3 and 1. Should I leave as currently is or are there any potential issues I am not seeing? Truck used to run fine with this setup. Apologies if i was not clear in the previous posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 If the white and white/black are swapped as you describe it is not a problem - they are both ignition live supply - assuming you can find that white/black. Of course you could put the wires on the terminals as per wiring diagram , then any future troubleshooting will be based on standard wiring diagrams cheers Steve b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR90jp Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Cheers Steve - the answer I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That's lucky then Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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