QUOTE(pete @ Jun 28 2011, 05:49 AM)
QUOTE(r_towle @ Jun 27 2011, 04:55 PM)
hook up your jumper to the bottom large nut and then use a small alligator clip lead to energize the spade stud next to it.
The solenoid kicks the gear into the flywheel.
You need to energize the motor via the solenoid.
Rich
Hey Rich, so I should use a alligator clip/wire and clip it to the spade and the other end to the large lower nut? Then connect the hot jumper cable to the nut and the negative to a suitable ground?
The answer would be yes, but you do not leave the alligator clip secured to the spade terminal. You jump between the battery lead on the starter and the spade terminal to get the starter to function.
In a normal situation, when you turn the key to start position, switched power is supplied from the ignition switch to the solenoid (big yellow wire). This energizes the solenoid which shoots the bendix out to engage the flywheel teeth and engages contacts (inside the solenoid) to supply battery voltage to the starter motor. When the key is released to the run position, the power to the solenoid & starter is cut off.
Oh BTW, the IMI brand was started by Pat Isom, Isom Brothers Rebuilding (electrical rebuilders), in Whittier, CA. He downed the business a few years ago due to health reasons and someone took over the IMI Line.