Okay. The answer is the wires are much longer than needed. At least 6-8 inches. I ran the wires through split loom from the bulkhead connector down towards the starter. The loom stops about 2" past a factory loom clamp thats attached to a transmission bolt. I tried to stuff the excess wire up into the loom and it was a pain in the *ss. It kept popping the split loom open. Of course I could zip tie it tight or wrap it with tape but not the way I would do things. Its just as easy to cut it at the bulkhead, pull it back where I want it and crimp on a new terminal. I have a stock of Packard 56 and 59 terminals. I also have the crimper used to make factory crimps.
Starter/Alternator Wire Question Update
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Okay. The answer is the wires are much longer than needed. At least 6-8 inches. I ran the wires through split loom from the bulkhead connector down towards the starter. The loom stops about 2" past a factory loom clamp thats attached to a transmission bolt. I tried to stuff the excess wire up into the loom and it was a pain in the *ss. It kept popping the split loom open. Of course I could zip tie it tight or wrap it with tape but not the way I would do things. Its just as easy to cut it at the bulkhead, pull it back where I want it and crimp on a new terminal. I have a stock of Packard 56 and 59 terminals. I also have the crimper used to make factory crimps.
so the difference in the postion of the studs on the solenoid on a mini starter and a regular starter is at least 6-8 inches?......
so the difference in the postion of the studs on the solenoid on a mini starter and a regular starter is at least 6-8 inches?......
I didnt say that did I ? I said the wires are about 6-8" longer than they need to be. Maybe theyre 5-6". I never got under there to take an exact measurement. Either way, theyre too long. Maybe its the way I routed them out of the bulkhead connector. Maybe its the way I ran them behind the head. Maybe its a combination of all of that. Holy sh*t, you going to make a snarky comment about everything I post ? LOL
Did you eliminate the horrendous split loom "T"s? The ones on mine are pretty bulky and ugly, not sure why they didn't just tape wrap the T like they do now.
if the power flows around the outside of the wires why have all copper wires. just throwing that out to stir the pot. depends on what branch of the military you were in lol.
Not wire- conductor .... a solid sore, single strand (house wire) doesn't have as much (interior- under the insulation) surface area as the same gauge fine strand wire. Basic electrical theory: more voltage requires less amperage. So, for a simple analogy, your car wires need to carry 10x the load of your house wires (12v x 10= 120). Of course, the load also differs between AC & DC, but that's a whole 'nother story.
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