Starter Problems

94 buick roadmaster, I've just replaced my second stater in a month, the first starter was bad the second starter caught on fire. I dont know what's the problem, but I have a loose dark green wire hanging wire I'm hooking my yellow wire to the starter selinoid. Can some one help me with this problem?

Hi Chris35,
great to have more newbies besides myself :)

1) When You say starter, You mean that You put in new solenoid as well i guess (i haven´t changed starter on my -95 but i guess they come as a complete "kit" when You buy one)?
2) When the second one fried, did You hear any bad mechanical noise or did it just go up in smoke?
3) I can´t see any green wire in Haynes Electrical Diagram so I don´t know where it´s suppose to be, but have You checked the thick main power cable (black or red according to Haynes) so it´s no bad connection there. There is a lot of amps running so bad connection could make smoke...

You could also check that the starter/solenoid is grounded properly.

I think the starters on these engines are adjustable with shims so if the cogs are too close the starter may get stuck, also a "big smoker". In that case You´ll need shims to widen the gap a bit.

Well, that´s just a couple of ideas, best of luck.