Trouble shooting this Equipment--need some help

[mtnman210]

I've been working on this log splitter for months(old Diesel engine on a huge ram) now and still can't get it going. Between me and another guy at work we started chasing down problems one by one and finally got to the horrible wiring job from the previous owner. Now just before this It would crank it just wouldn't fire. So we cut out stuff we weren't going to use; gauges, dummy lights, etc... All we did was replace wires with new and replace the ends as well. Went to crank it and I've got nothing.

I'll take any input with your thoughts on it. We've been staring at this thing forever and just can't get it.


This is what our wiring is currently. We're obviously missing something somewhere.

Battery cables

Ford Solenoid

Starter button--no key

On top of the starter--when the button is push in it looks like it pushes a switch up against this little solenoid.

Front of the small solenoid on the starter

Alternator wiring

 

[smalltruckbigcid]

According to your diagram your missing the wire from the switch to the ford solenoid. You need to have power applied to the terminal closet to the output terminal to make power go to the starter. So from your starter switch you need a wire that runs to that terminal. Secondly I don't think running your alternator charge wire to the other terminal on that solenoid will charge the system, but I ain't sure of that.

 

[DEMON44]

holy crap thats an old school starter. you manually eject the pinion with the lever and when the pivot touches the button it energizes the starter motor is what I'm getting. by looking at it.

try to jump the starter motor directly see what happens. it the starter is deed then no wiring changes will help you. but that schematic doesn't look right to me either. You're schematic is missing the push button on the starting circuit. so the schematic wiring can't be right. unless the control terminals of the starter relay that go to the side of the starter is the push button switch, but you just didn't show it?

I would send your Alt charge wire direct to the Batt, and take your 12v hot from the starter Pos terminal. it won't charge the batts like that going to the relay.


thats just how I see it right now.