Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
I have been working on this for some time off and on. It has not been started since I drove it home and the engine died just after I parked it. The battery was dead. I charged it and disconnected the ground cable. Today I realized that the starter was bad and put on another one that I had. When I started it up, it sounded like the starter was not disengaged. I did some checking and found out that the solenoid was energized after the key was let go after starting. I am suspicious that the last time I worked on it, that I put one of the wires on the wrong terminal of the relay. I don"t have a wiring diagram for it, but have one for another Ford vehicle. I think that I put a wire on the same terminal as the starter solenoid wire is on. Should there be any other wire on that terminal. It seems like it is backfeeding the solenoid. Should the wire that I think is on the wrong terminal be on the always hot side?