[DeTomaso] Longacre Starter Solenoid

[forestg at att.net]

-------------- Original message from SOBill at aol.com: -------------- 
Bill,
Connecting the ballast bypass to the same terminal as the starter means that there will be a constant voltage being fed to the starter whenever the ignition switch is on. It will be less than 12 volts due to having been through the resister first. Maybe a diode installed to allow current to flow only one way?
Forest

> Pat, 
> 
> Thanks. I have added it to the database. 
> 
> I noticed that the Longacre solenoid is a 3 terminal unit while the OEM 
> solenoid is a 4 terminal unit. 
> 
> The Longacre 3 terminal unit can be used on a Pantera. 
> 
> If you have an ignition which does not need a ballast resistor you only need 
> 3 wires: Battery Cable In (one big terminal); Solenoid Activate wire from 
> the Start position of the Ignition Switch (the small terminal); Cable To 
> Starter Motor (the other big terminal). 
> 
> If you have an ignition which needs to bypass the ballast resistance when 
> starting the engine, the OEM 4 wires are connected as follows: Battery Cable In 
> (one big terminal); Solenoid Activate wire from the Start position of the 
> Ignition Switch (the small terminal); Cable To Starter Motor (the other big 
> terminal); OEM Ballast Bypass Wire (cut off the OEM small terminal lug, crimp 
> on 
> a big terminal lug and connect the wire to the same big terminal as the 
> Cable To Starter Motor). These connections will bypass the ballast resistance 
> when cranking the engine .... the same as the 4 terminal OEM solenoid. 
> 
> 
> 
> SOBill Taylor 
> sobill at aol.com 
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