Pinto starter motor terminals

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Pinto starter motor terminals

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Thought I'd replace the starter too as it's obviously been struggling. New one only has two terminals (heavy duty and spade connector) old one has those two plus a round push on one. What's the extra one for? Do I need it? Car was originally an auto if that matters and it's still the same starter from when I had the auto box on there
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The 3rd one is a feed for the points to boost the power on starting iirc
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Well, it worked fine with just the two wires connected. Great to have it up and running again. I'm thinking the extra wire was to do with the neutral-start inhibitor from the old auto gearbox actually. :drive:
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My manual laser has the 3rd one also and the wire connecting to it :lol: im definately sure its to give 12v at the points on cranking
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Do all the new starters just have the two terminals then? And if so, what happens with that third wire when fitting the new starter?
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pbar wrote:Do all the new starters just have the two terminals then? And if so, what happens with that third wire when fitting the new starter?
Don't know if they all have. I went with a high torque one (powerlite) as my old one was struggling a bit with the higher compression. I've just got it tied up out of the way, in case I need it later!
fordperv wrote:My manual laser has the 3rd one also and the wire connecting to it :lol: im definately sure its to give 12v at the points on cranking
Hmm, fair enough! I have electronic igniton with a coil that runs on 12v all the time so I wouldn't have anything to bypass anyway!
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pbar wrote:Do all the new starters just have the two terminals then? And if so, what happens with that third wire when fitting the new starter?
Don't know if they all have. I went with a high torque one (powerlite) as my old one was struggling a bit with the higher compression. I've just got it tied up out of the way, in case I need it later!
Ah, I see, thanks! Most likely then, a standard starter will be like for like.
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Yeah, would assume so
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