Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Shelby Griggs
TDR MEMBER
I took the starter off to install the Larry B heavy duty contacts. Got the contacts installed, and for some reason got paranoid and got my meter out.
The small terminal has continuity to the case. That seems like it might be a problem when I hook the juice up????? Because the small terminal hooks to the solenoid coil which hooks to the main battery terminal at the other end, that continuity goes all the way though to the case, that again seems VERY wrong???? It seems to me I will have a direct short here of big proportions.
Anyway, I am afraid to put this back in and melt something down.
On the small solenoid terminal just inside the case there appears to be the stub from a wire. Is there supposed to be two wires hooked to the small solenoid terminal inside the case?
Looks like the spring on the plunger and maybe body of the plunger itself had some sort of lube or grease. Is there a recommended lube for this, or was it just dirty?
Enough of the questions. My truck is a 2001. It appears to me that these came with the HD contacts, as I had plenty of meat left, although one side was wore quit a bit more than the other. IMHO, you don't need to replace these, and certainly not at 100K. I guess I read too many stories of the starter sticking on the 12V's that I thought I would be proactive. Now looks like I may of instead been destructive. Hopefully the big banjo and LP portion of the project will be better. My motto lately seems to be fix it till you break it
Shelby
The small terminal has continuity to the case. That seems like it might be a problem when I hook the juice up????? Because the small terminal hooks to the solenoid coil which hooks to the main battery terminal at the other end, that continuity goes all the way though to the case, that again seems VERY wrong???? It seems to me I will have a direct short here of big proportions.
Anyway, I am afraid to put this back in and melt something down.
On the small solenoid terminal just inside the case there appears to be the stub from a wire. Is there supposed to be two wires hooked to the small solenoid terminal inside the case?
Looks like the spring on the plunger and maybe body of the plunger itself had some sort of lube or grease. Is there a recommended lube for this, or was it just dirty?
Enough of the questions. My truck is a 2001. It appears to me that these came with the HD contacts, as I had plenty of meat left, although one side was wore quit a bit more than the other. IMHO, you don't need to replace these, and certainly not at 100K. I guess I read too many stories of the starter sticking on the 12V's that I thought I would be proactive. Now looks like I may of instead been destructive. Hopefully the big banjo and LP portion of the project will be better. My motto lately seems to be fix it till you break it
Shelby
