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Originally Posted by jlwdvm
Thanks for the great write up Greg! I am hoping to get some garage time today. Here is what I can tell you so far:
The I am using an AAW Power Plus 20 wiring kit.
The Headlights are grounded on each side to a bare metal area on my bumper support. I used dielectric grease at all chassis ground points. The battery is grounded to the frame in the trunk, the motor is grounded to the sub frame, and the rad support is grounded to the sub frame as well. I am also using solid aluminum body mounts.
My head light switch looks like the picture you showed. It has 12 volts going in to it (verified with a test light). It is not attached to anything yet since my fabricated dash is out of the car while I finish up the under dash work (switch not grounded could be a problem?).
I do not have a neutral safety switch wired into the harness, but it is shown in the AAW wiring diagram. I'll have to double check starter wiring. I believe I have the LS starter wire running directly from the starter pig tail to the ignition switch (purple wire).
I have 12 volts to the fuse panel. I checked several open "battery" tabs with my test light. I also tested the auxillary pig tail that AAW places in the harness for misc battery or ignition sources that may be needed with a particular car. I have 12 volts to battery tabs and nothing to ignition source tabs.
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Okay --- SO that PURPLE ignition wire should have NO POWER to it unless your ignition is in START (spring loaded) position. That small gauge wire just runs to the solenoid to make it engage.... the actual motor gets it's power from the big ass gauge wire from the battery which runs the big starter motor.... (In essence - the starter purple wire is like operating a relay but I don't want to confuse you).