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Re: Key -> solenoid wire question.


J.L.M.,
	When I first got my Fast Back, it would not turn over, so I
started trouble shooting. I traced the wire from the starter through the
body of the car to the ignition & do not recall a fuse being inline along
the way.
					Tom
'68 FB (Thumper)

On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:17:25 -0600 (CST) "J.L.M."
<fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com> writes:
>
>I forgot to ask this earlier.
>
>Whenever my '66 square starter acts up, I suspect doing the
>"tired wire" thing for which I need a relay, if I turn and hold
>the key, it blows a fuse.
>
>It looks to me from the wiring diagram that there isn't supposed
>to be a fuse in the key/solenoid circuit.  Is there?
>I mean it would make sense, but it would probably want to be bigger 
>than 16 amps.  
>
>On the other hand, I think this may have been modified this way
>to add a starter relay, which was a f*rd relay.  I just don't know.
>But when I put a relay in, I might decide it's a good idea to run
>the *relay* from a wire through a fuse.  I just don't want to 
>start any fires in case the starter switch is supposed to go through
>a fused circuit.
>
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