[Chevelle-list] starter & starter wiring

[John Nasta]

I just checked a couple of local stores and it seems that if you want  
to make your own "kit" for the Summit/MAD type Ford solenoid wiring  
you will need:

Battery to solenoid & solenoid to starter cables, about $8 - $10 each  
for 4 gauge cable w/ factory ends. I happened to have a brand new 38"  
cable that looks like it will just about make it from the battery to  
the firewall. I bought a 40" cable to go from the starter to the  
solenoid b/c I'm not sure how it will work out w/ the routing. I'll  
let you all know if these lengths work out ok.

Ford V8 (LTD) solenoid - $15 to $16. Seems like it could easily mount  
on the same firewall bolt as the ground strap to the pass-side head  
bolts to.

14 gauge and 12 (heck, make it 10) gauge wires: about $4 for a small  
spool of each. However, w/ the solenoid on the firewall there's no  
reason why your original small wire(s) would not reach the solenoid  
directly, so you don't really need the 14 gauge wire, you just need  
the jumper wire, which should be the beefiest that you can get on there.

Some lugs for your jumper wire, which should be soldered on.

So, you could end up spending up to $45 to get all the parts locally  
if you need absolutely everything, but if you don't need the bat to  
sol cable and the "S" wire, that knocks about $15 off of it.

The MAD/Summit kit is actually a good deal for the price, except that  
you end up re-using your original battery cable (which is longer than  
you need for this application), and you end up making your own sol to  
starter cable instead of having a nice 4-gauge factory-made cable.

I'm going the home-made route since all I needed was the solenoid and  
the new solenoid to starter cable.

I probably won't get to actually do this today but I'll let you all  
know how it goes.

JN