Anonymous Posted on Aug 10, 2014

What wires are hooked up to left & right posts going to & from starter rely on 1987 f250 4wd straight six

Im having trouble starting my 87 f250 it's melting off one of the positive posts off the realy. Okay I put a new relay ,.& battery in my truck it wasn't charging my batery so I had to jump over my starter solenoid with wrench . Im wondering if I didn't wire it right , cause now im not getting anything when I try to start it with my key , and wont start when I wrench start , Did I possibly wire it wrong . I have the battery pos on one side, the single wire on sm post and pos going to starter on other big post plus three other sm wires on that post each sm wire tees off to power other components im thinking that one of the sm wires should be. On the other post so I have power to my ignition . Can someone show me a diagram on how to wire a 4 post starter relay on a 1987 f250 3/4 4wd pickup truck ? Thank you

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You don't need a diagram. The batt Pos goes to one side and that is also the power side for various other tasks. The second heavy stud goes to the starter. You just have the smaller supply cables on the wrong stud.

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