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    Question 460 Ford Wiring Diagram???

     



    Hey guys, I am out in AZ today working with my brother (callsign "Jethro") on his 46 Ford Tudor. We are wanting to take a break from the body work and fire up his 460 Ford Racing crate motor. I dont have a wiring diagram handy and since I dont know much about Ford engines, I need the assistance of a Ford expert.

    Can anyone send me a wiring diagram for the Ford? I can read them easy enough and would like to hear this beauty roar before I go back to TX.

    Thanks in advance!
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    The engine is sitting in the chassis, no wiring as of yet, external coil, external ingnition module.
    Thanks

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    OK...everything is wired up correctly (I think anyway), but it wont crank. I have tested the solenoid and it all seems to work. I have even connected the starter pos + directly to the battery, but still nothing. I am used to working with chevys so I am a little lost on the blue ovals. Shouldnt the starter spin if it is grounded and the + is connected to 12v? I would think this simple test would turn the starter, but all is quiet on the western front...

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    If you took the big cable from the starter to the battery and it doesn't crank, then either the starter is bad or it's stuck in the engaged position....
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    Thanks Dave. I was able to find another starter (too big to mount), but was able to test successfully. The mini-starter is brand new and doesnt work.

    We are going to contact the mail order company and wait for a new unit.

    Thanks for validating my sanity and common sense.

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    Yeah...this is why I asked the question to begin with. It has 1 large post for the POS and one small (tiny) post for the ground. By performing a continuity test as well as digging into the starter a little...the small post looks to be a ground.

    So it seems it is a bad starter. Although it is strange that a brand new starter will fail, I cant explain why it will not suck the plunger down and push voltage across to the other side. And by the way, the voltage is 12.72v.

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    So are you saying without the ignition bypass connected to the starter, it wont engage? I assume once the ignition bypass has 12v, it would cause the plunger to engage. Correct?

    Everything else is connected as your illustration shows except for the ignition bypass.

    Thanks again...
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    Thanks again Denny! I appreciate your expertise.

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