james_60 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Hi Iam having trouble with the starter motor on my escort A wire fell off and now the starter motor does nothing. Can someone supply a picture of the wires attached to there starter motor (petrol engine preffered) My car is a 83 1.6 ghia Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wase16ll Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 should only have 3 wires... main cable direct from battery to solenoid other side of solenoid goes to starter internals then the small wire from ignition switch to solenoid from memory, it was quite common to have a bad connection/break in the small wire close to solenoid...between where it comes off the chassis below the rad and the solenoid whereabouts is this wire thats fallen off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_60 Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 I dont know :-( its a thin black wire which ran under the radiator it seems the connector sheared off :-( Looking at the starter motor there is a cable from the battery to the starter and an earth from the starter attached to the solenoid :-( iam p'd off because it wont start now Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wase16ll Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 that threaded connector to the right of main cable is the one you want, i take it the black wire you have has no connector on the end. i seem to remember the wire used to break around the point it appears from under radiator..again from memory, .check your engine mounts etc as its excessive movement in the engine that causes the problem. that connector is just a push fit, like the ones they used to attatch to the ignition coils...but if you have no connector on the wire, or able to get a replacement. think you'll find that as its threaded, it takes a 10ml nut, best way to attatch is fit a nut first [dont overtighten, just nip it up] , then attach a small ring type terminal to wire, slide that on then fit another nut on top, again, dont overtighten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_60 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 I would still like a picture !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_60 Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 All sorted :-) now onto the next problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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