1978 FJ40 Gear Reduction Starter Wiring Q (1 Viewer)

[777sam]

Installation of the Gear Reduction Starter has been very straight forward but I have one wiring question:

Where do you connect the Black/White wire that runs from the starter to the coils positive post? The wire provides 12V to the coil for starting but I can't find a post/connector for it on the starter?

Thanks,
Sam

 

[Pighead]

The wire provides 12V to the coil for starting but I can't find a post/connector for it on the starter?

Thanks,
Sam

I found this one

 

[mattressking]

B/W not used on GR starters, zip tie/zap strap/tape out of the way and move on. This wire was ultimately sunset in ~81. Since you have a '78 with I assume factory electronic ignition, it isn't needed.

If you have seriously cold winters, daily drive the truck in subzero temps and have trouble starting without the BW wire then shift back to the direct drive after a quick rebuild. Then test to see if the BW even helps

My coldest is maybe -10° startups for work and the only issue I run into is how thick the oil is.

 

[777sam]

I found this one

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Thats what i have. The cable from the battery connects to the post and the wire from ignition plugs into the black male fitting. The old starter had a post that was energized when starting to send 12v to the coil (+).

 

[BeerM3]

It sounds like you're referring to the smaller b/w wire that gets orphaned. Gear Reduction Starter! - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/gear-reduction-starter.96018/post-1186765

 

[Grayscale]

Wow. Pighead's gear-reduction unit is totally different than mine. Mine is Denso-USA, remanufactured for Toyota on the box, yet it has no indication of ever being used before, as it sports fresh milling marks all over the aluminum casting. Mine has a braided copper lead from the solenoid to the main motor wonderfully exposed to wildlife-pee, conductive materials, rain, etc, without any insulation. I have a hole at the bottom of the motor; I might have two, as there is a funny rubber plug up front; I can shine a flashlight in the open one and see past the motor clutch from the front, maybe I can tap them and install pipe-plugs, or just drain water faster? My solenoid looks like the old solenoids, cylindrical. By now, I probably should be following part numbers? Pighead's, in the thread, 'What You Did to Your Cruiser this Week" post #37,505 shows a starter without a nose-cone (starter drive housing), mine has a closed cast-aluminum nose cone, like the original early 2F equipment, with a bushing to support the armature shaft, behind the flywheel ring-gear. The gear-reduction armature shaft is about .060-inch smaller in diameter than my earlier direct-drive starter motors, iirc. I'm sure it is all-good, but I never stop asking questions after I get a good look at it.