Will bad things happen if I remove this? (Starter relay?) (1 Viewer)

[malibugrif]

Hi Mudders,

My 06/77 Fj40 battery cables are nasty and I've ordered new ones from Fourrunner. As I look around the engine bay I see this starter solenoid relay. I'm not finding it in the OEM schematics, so I assume it was a PO add. Isn't its function incorporated in the starter? Or is my starter some sort of Frankenstarter that requires it?

 

[ferg]

If the one on the starter is good, you shouldn't need that ford looking one. Try it without it and see.
Your starter looks like a 'high torque' type also.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Did the PO have some kind of kill switch wired through that relay? Looks like some serious overkill if so.

 

[malibugrif]

I'm fairly convinced, from looking at the other wiring, that most likely the Cruiser was located in the Soviet Union; alternatively, there was a deep seated fear of cosmic rays interfering with the electrics.

 

[offrd63]

That set up helps hard starting issues do to heat