dingy
03-26-2010, 11:43 PM
Attached are some pictures of the modification I made to the starter on my 83 1st gen.
The purpose of this is to give a better path to ground for the brush plate. Stock version allows a path to ground through the tabs around the plate.
Snaggletooth had posted about this mod several weeks ago, but I do not know of any pictures that are available to show it.
Gary
43413
This shows the location of the drilled & tapped hole. I used a 4mm screw to attach wire with. Hole is at 2 o'clock position.
43414
This shows location of hole from outside of cover.
43415
The hole in the brush plate is shown at the 7 o'clock position.
43416
Picture of grounding wires. I used two 14 gauge wires. The terminals for 12 gauge and up had too large of a mounting lug for mounting screw size I wanted to use.
43417
Wires attached to end cover.
43418
Wires attached to brush plate.
43419
View of starter mounted on engine. I have since added an 8 gauge wire that runs from the bottom mounting bolt for the starter to the right side of the engine block. I attached wire to the block at the same point the main ground wire from the battery attaches.
The purpose of this is to give a better path to ground for the brush plate. Stock version allows a path to ground through the tabs around the plate.
Snaggletooth had posted about this mod several weeks ago, but I do not know of any pictures that are available to show it.
Gary
43413
This shows the location of the drilled & tapped hole. I used a 4mm screw to attach wire with. Hole is at 2 o'clock position.
43414
This shows location of hole from outside of cover.
43415
The hole in the brush plate is shown at the 7 o'clock position.
43416
Picture of grounding wires. I used two 14 gauge wires. The terminals for 12 gauge and up had too large of a mounting lug for mounting screw size I wanted to use.
43417
Wires attached to end cover.
43418
Wires attached to brush plate.
43419
View of starter mounted on engine. I have since added an 8 gauge wire that runs from the bottom mounting bolt for the starter to the right side of the engine block. I attached wire to the block at the same point the main ground wire from the battery attaches.