[w.a.]

Hi all,

I didn't take the starter off to have it rebuilt, but have to reinstall it. I see three wires and there are no instructions that I can seem to find in the workshop manuals. Don't want to screw this up and would appreciate a pointer on what wire goes where.

TIA,

WA

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[earossi]

[quote name='w.a.' post='57884' date='Aug 14 2008, 07:39 PM']Hi all,

I didn't take the starter off to have it rebuilt, but have to reinstall it. I see three wires and there are no instructions that I can seem to find in the workshop manuals. Don't want to screw this up and would appreciate a pointer on what wire goes where.

TIA,

WA[/quote]





There should be three wires, two of them being heavy gauge and the third one being smaller in diameter and probably color coded with red insulation.



The two heavy wires go to the same lug on the starter, which will be the stud with the greatest diameter. The third wire which is red should go to the furthest stud away from the stud onto which you mounted the other two wires. There is a third lug on the starter which should have a wire attached that should have not been removed since the wire comes from the solenoid mounted on the starter.



Hope that helps.

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[w.a.]

[quote name='earossi' post='57891' date='Aug 14 2008, 09:52 PM']There should be three wires, two of them being heavy gauge and the third one being smaller in diameter and probably color coded with red insulation.



The two heavy wires go to the same lug on the starter, which will be the stud with the greatest diameter. The third wire which is red should go to the furthest stud away from the stud onto which you mounted the other two wires. There is a third lug on the starter which should have a wire attached that should have not been removed since the wire comes from the solenoid mounted on the starter.



Hope that helps.[/quote]



Thanks much! Makes perfect sense now. Thought one of the heavier gauge wires must bolt to the frame, but couldn't figure out where. Back to the garage! Thanks again!

Best,

WA

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[mattipuh]

[quote name='earossi' post='57891' date='Aug 15 2008, 03:52 AM']There should be three wires, two of them being heavy gauge and the third one being smaller in diameter and probably color coded with red insulation.



The two heavy wires go to the same lug on the starter, which will be the stud with the greatest diameter. The third wire which is red should go to the furthest stud away from the stud onto which you mounted the other two wires. There is a third lug on the starter which should have a wire attached that should have not been removed since the wire comes from the solenoid mounted on the starter.



Hope that helps.[/quote]



WOuld anyone have a pic of this correct starer wiring? I disassembled mine while replacing starter, but I'm not sure now if I got the wires right. Thought I did, because It seemed to be impossible to get those in wrong order - but is possible of course.



I connected cables so, that the thickest one got connected to the left connection. The small one with red color to the 10mm socket, and then thinner thick cable to the right connection, from where there's a wire also to the starter frame.



After starter replacing, My Volts dropped from 14 to 12V, won't increase even I press gas pedal. Abs-light also turned on, altough ABS is working. seems that there's short circuit somewhere, or then alternator went dead. Volts dropped to 10V when drove back to home. I changed car battery from 63Ah to 54Ah, this could of course give hard time for alternator, but still, seems funny that alternator would have broken right after starter replacement.



so, if there's a pic of correct starter wiring, I would be very happy!

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[banditsc]

The two thickest cables go together. The small wire is the exciter wire, so if the car is starting, you got that write. The wire that you have in the wrong spot is the alternator wire, so that's why you are seeing low voltage. So move that smaller of the two thick wires to the spot where the thickest wire is bolted to now, and bolt them in together.

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[John]

All the illustrations I've seen of the starter, Porsche's 968 Katalog to cite one, show the starter solenoid on the left side of the starter motor facing forward, the same side as the clutch slave cylinder. It's on the right side on my '94, which is prompting this post. Was mine installed incorrectly some time in the past (bought the car at 30K, never had any work done in that area), or was there a part update somewhere along the way? I'm in the process of installing Robby's Higher Connections cable kit, and I'd have a lot more access room for the cables and for dealing with the connections if I were to rotate the starter 180 deg. I'm hoping someone can confirm the starter has 180 deg symmetry, that there was no update, and that doing this is ok. ... thanks

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