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Old 02-23-2006, 01:05 AM   #3
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Re: Can I test a starter with a battery?

the drive gear inside the starter should be inside, and when you turn it with your finger it should turn freely one way, but stop the other. take jumper cables, hook them to a battery, and take the ground one, and hook it to the starter case. next you will find 2 terminal bolts on the starter solonoid and also another smaller terminal. one terminal on the solenoid will have a wire hooked to it that runs inside the starter, you want to clamp the batt posative jumper cable to the other solonoid terminal. you should still have no movement from the starter. next take a piece of wire, and jumper from the batt posative from the jumper cable hooked to the soloniod, to the other smaller terminal on the soloniod. watch out, sparks may fly, and the starter drive gear should kick out and spin very fast.
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