No start, starter or solenoid?
So working on my 68 barracuda project and eventhough it is far from driving, I went to see if it'd atleast crank so that I don't get to the point where I'm ready to fire her up and then she won't. Sooo I connected all of th electrical and went to see what was working. Well the headlights, parking lights, tail lights and brake lights all work, blower motor works and wipers work! Bad news Is that the gauge lights don't turn on so I wanted some input on what you guys think that is but mainly about the no start. So after I see all of the other electrical works, I go to see if it'll atleast crank just for peace of mind before I keep going and no start!!! I them jumped the battery terminal to starter solenoid and got a firework show but no crank or sound at all from starter. So first I am thinking I need a starter but then maybe I wired the relay wrong? Here's some pics. I've got a big red wire directly from the battery to the big post on the relay, and another red wire from th harness that goes on the same terminal of the relay. I then have a yellow wire on the bottom left of the male terminals on the relay that also is feed into the wiring harnes. And then this may be where somthing is wrong, I've got a red wire from the "box" terminal to a small post on the starter. But the thing is, there is a big stud on the starter above the small one. The big stud is connected by the wring harness which is feed in right next to the z bar linkage. Any suggestions?!
So working on my 68 barracuda project and eventhough it is far from driving, I went to see if it'd atleast crank so that I don't get to the point where I'm ready to fire her up and then she won't. Sooo I connected all of th electrical and went to see what was working. Well the headlights, parking lights, tail lights and brake lights all work, blower motor works and wipers work! Bad news Is that the gauge lights don't turn on so I wanted some input on what you guys think that is but mainly about the no start. So after I see all of the other electrical works, I go to see if it'll atleast crank just for peace of mind before I keep going and no start!!! I them jumped the battery terminal to starter solenoid and got a firework show but no crank or sound at all from starter. So first I am thinking I need a starter but then maybe I wired the relay wrong? Here's some pics. I've got a big red wire directly from the battery to the big post on the relay, and another red wire from th harness that goes on the same terminal of the relay. I then have a yellow wire on the bottom left of the male terminals on the relay that also is feed into the wiring harnes. And then this may be where somthing is wrong, I've got a red wire from the "box" terminal to a small post on the starter. But the thing is, there is a big stud on the starter above the small one. The big stud is connected by the wring harness which is feed in right next to the z bar linkage. Any suggestions?!
