Unless you have a very early car I would use the button to operate the
starter relay rather than the solenoid, which takes quite a lot of current.
This would be the white/red as previously mentioned from ignition switch to
relay. The relay to solenoid is white/brown, except on late cars with an
ignition relay when it seems to have reverted to white/red. I would pick up
the purple (fused) on the fusebox rather than the brown, just in case of
slip-ups ...
The ignition only need be on if you want sparks and fuel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Drake" <adrake@mail.ru>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:08 PM
Subject: Doing diagnostic work with a remote starter switch
> Hey all -- has anyone used the hand-held switches that Moss sells to do
> diagnostic work on your motor by clamping onto the starter? It's designed
to
> get around the chicken and egg problem of having two people to engine
work, one
> to crank the motor over and one to observe.
>
> The unit I bought is little more than a heavy duty push button switch and
some
> aligator clips. No directions were included, so before I burn up my
electrical
> system trying to use the thing, just where exactly on the starter do I
hook
> this thing? I know there are a couple of terminals, I'm assuming one clip
to
> the ground and one clip goes to the solenoid terminal?? Or maybe one clip
to
> the battery and one clip to the solenoid terminal??
>
> Does the key need to be in the ignition and turned "on" while you use the
> switch? Seems like it would, but the whole thing seems a bit rigged up to
me
> anyway, so I'm just not sure. All I'm trying to do is diagnose the hard
> starting of my car.
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