Heat soak......tired of it

[Bri guy]

Haha

I bet you left the battery hooked up when doing the starter, didn't ya, Sparky?

Hahaha. No. I knew better than that!

 

[motorheadmike]

I hope you aren't running 30A fuses off those wires.

 

[Bri guy]

20am with the 12ga wire. So it got towed back to my house. Started looking at fuses.....starter cable 20amp fuse blew. Put a new fuse back in and had power again.

 

[motorheadmike]

You need 40A or 50A fuses.

 

[Bri guy]

You need 40A or 50A fuses.

Can I just put those size fuses in there or do I need bigger wire now?

 

[Bri guy]

Also I'm running a new 4ga which is the same as the old starter but its a tad bit longer than original. But after looking at the starter info I seen this diagram...looks like I should've used 2ga wire from the starter to battery? 5ft long cable.

 

[Bri guy]

This is my current setup. Which is almost the same as the original setup. 4ga @5.5 ft (old setup was 5ft) from starter to the battery. 2 12ga wires with 20amp fuse (old style fuse unkown) attached to the same starter stud as the 4ga wire and goes to firewall .Then the little stud on starter has a small wire going to firewall. All wire to and from starter are routed just like original

 

[olds307 and 403]

Also I'm running a new 4ga which is the same as the old starter but its a tad bit longer than original. But after looking at the starter info I seen this diagram...looks like I should've used 2ga wire from the starter to battery? 5ft long cable.

Yeah 1 gauge wire if possible is good to use, I have it on my 88 CSC. I actually am feeding the alternator with a 4 gauge wire. Try a 25 or 30 amp fuse.

 

[Bri guy]

Yeah 1 gauge wire if possible is good to use, I have it on my 88 CSC. I actually am feeding the alternator with a 4 gauge wire. Try a 25 or 30 amp fuse.

Can I just add the bigger fuse in that 12ga wire or do I need a bigger gauge. And would the 4ga wire I'm using be the issue for the fuses blowing?

 

[olds307 and 403]

You should be OK with 12 gauge wire. The 4 gauge is useable just less capable than 1 or 2 gauge wire.