I have read several threads on this forum about this sort of issue, but each is not like the issue I am seeing.
I have a 427 BBC in my Z. I had been using a Stock BBC starter for years. I removed the Resistor and I am running a HEI distributor now. The yellow wire is just blocked off and goes nowhere at this point same for the white wire. The only wire that was plugged into the original Starter is the Purple wire along with the Positive directly from the battery.
With that said the Nose cone of the original starter broke off. I had a new Hi-torque starter I bought for when the original stopped working. I installed the hi-torque starter and tested it to make sure it was shimmed properly before getting out from underneath it. I used a simple Key solenoid with one wire on the "S" tab and the other wire on the battery post of the starter. It spins the engine without issue. I then plugged in the purple wire from the harness (new) and the starter gear came out but that is as far as it goes. it will not spin the engine. I tested the purple wire while it was disconnected from the starter and when I engaged the key to "run" the purple wire put out 12v. When I plug it into the starter and check it at the starter it is only putting out 6v.
I have talked to several people and everyone is scratching their head saying its the solenoid or a ground. The problem I have is the other starter needed 12v as well and it worked fine. I changed nothing between the ignition and the starter, other than the starter itself.
I know Ford has a separate relay, someone mentioned that to me today, but I cannot find any information as to if the old starters had a built in relay in the starter and the new hi-torque does not have one and if there is a way to add one to get around it. If so, how? Or is it something else someone has yet to mention. I am ready to pay someone to come out here and fix it for me, but until then I am hoping someone else has seen this issue... crossing my fingers!
Thanks for takin the time to read this long post.
Scott
I have a 427 BBC in my Z. I had been using a Stock BBC starter for years. I removed the Resistor and I am running a HEI distributor now. The yellow wire is just blocked off and goes nowhere at this point same for the white wire. The only wire that was plugged into the original Starter is the Purple wire along with the Positive directly from the battery.
With that said the Nose cone of the original starter broke off. I had a new Hi-torque starter I bought for when the original stopped working. I installed the hi-torque starter and tested it to make sure it was shimmed properly before getting out from underneath it. I used a simple Key solenoid with one wire on the "S" tab and the other wire on the battery post of the starter. It spins the engine without issue. I then plugged in the purple wire from the harness (new) and the starter gear came out but that is as far as it goes. it will not spin the engine. I tested the purple wire while it was disconnected from the starter and when I engaged the key to "run" the purple wire put out 12v. When I plug it into the starter and check it at the starter it is only putting out 6v.
I have talked to several people and everyone is scratching their head saying its the solenoid or a ground. The problem I have is the other starter needed 12v as well and it worked fine. I changed nothing between the ignition and the starter, other than the starter itself.
I know Ford has a separate relay, someone mentioned that to me today, but I cannot find any information as to if the old starters had a built in relay in the starter and the new hi-torque does not have one and if there is a way to add one to get around it. If so, how? Or is it something else someone has yet to mention. I am ready to pay someone to come out here and fix it for me, but until then I am hoping someone else has seen this issue... crossing my fingers!
Thanks for takin the time to read this long post.
Scott
