Wiring need help please

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kebabdan
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Post Sun Apr 08, 2012 10:58 pm

Ok folks doing m20b20 to m20b25 conversion...

wiring on starter motor was 2 wires on same terminal... negative to the battery to the starter im assuming and red wire on the same thread ?

towards battery compartment i have the distrubtor leads on but there are 2 connetors off the loom.... what do they attach to ?

excuse my ignorance but its weekend n i had a drink the night befor somehow it has slipped my mind lol.

so basically. wiring to starter and wiring to the 2 wires towards battery tray
DAN MORGAN
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Brianmoooore
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Post Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:17 pm

kebabdan wrote: negative to the battery to the starter im assuming
Strongly advise you connect this wire to battery positive!

Red wire (from alternator) and black wire from battery both go onto the outside large terminal on the starter solenoid, as you say.
The two wires to which you refer are most likely the main battery positive and negative wires to the whole engine loom. They both have black outer sleeves, but are coloured underneath. The red one goes to the battery + clamp, and the brown/orange one goes to the earth terminal on top of the RH suspension turret.
Don't forget to check out pin 20 of the engine loom plug and socket before you power up this conversion.
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Post Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:49 pm

fair play ur a demon... i just read ur thread u advised me to look at... im no demon at this tho what am i looking out for on the plug connector... any chance having ur mob no. so when i plug it in i know its right
DAN MORGAN