Starter issue

71roadrunr · Jun 19, 2025

I put a new starter in my small block Mopar and the wire from the starter relay to the solenoid didn't fit on the stud on the solenoid so I flipped the wire around. Would this cause the starter to engage when I connect the battery or do I have a faulty solenoid or starter relay?

pnora · Jun 19, 2025

How can you flip a wire around? Only two wires. Big wire battery feed goes on the large stud and the small wire from the relay goes to the small stud.

MWbirdLOVER70 · Jun 19, 2025

71roadrunr said:
I put a new starter in my small block Mopar and the wire from the starter relay to the solenoid didn't fit on the stud on the solenoid so I flipped the wire around. Would this cause the starter to engage when I connect the battery or do I have a faulty solenoid or starter relay?

Can’t you file it out to enlarge?

69 Sleeper Bee · Jun 19, 2025

Can you take a picture ?
as @pnora says
Big wire comes from battery and small wire from the starter relay.
They are not interchangeable.

Some Car Guy · Jun 19, 2025

I think he means can you turn the wire over. Sounds like doing so has created contact between both terminals and that be your problem. As suggested, try filing out the hole in the wire end a little at a time u til you can attach it the right way and then not have it touch the one from the relay.

69 Sleeper Bee · Jun 19, 2025

Ok, looking at your 1st post again... ( Also go to the Welcome Wagon forum and introduce yourself ) Are you saying just the solenoid wire itself between the relay and the starter is the issue and you are asking if it is Ok to flip that wire between the two ?
Don't discount that new starters and solenoids are 50/50 good at best these days.

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