the pinz won't start

[krick3tt]

I was installing the winch this morning, finally. It works....but, now the pinz will not start.

When I moved it to the center of the drive there was a small backfire, not anything that cought my attention more than usual. I was in the place at the drive where I had room to work with the doors open, so I turned the pinz off and began work on the winch wiring. Since the amps are less with 24v system I was advised that attaching to the starter and a negative ground would be ok.

I have 24v at the + side of starter solenoid, with the battery key in the 'on' position and the ignition key in the 'on' position I should get voltage across the + and - side of the coil (petronix) but it reads '0'.
There is voltage at the + side of starter and it turns over great, real strong. Aparently there is no spark from the coil. Everything else works, lights, etc.

Thinking I had created a problem with the winch wiring, I detached everything, but still it will not start. I had to put the winch wiring back to get it up the drive out of the way.

What are your thoughts on this?

Cheers,
Morris

[Jimm391730]

There are several smaller wires with large ring terminals that go to the large starter terminal; make certain that all are connected. One of those smaller wires is what carries the power to the rest of the truck.

Best of luck,

Jim M.

[krick3tt]

Jim,

That was my first thought. That I had perhaps missed one on the hookup. How many should there be? I count four. One from battery (+), one from the radio outlet at the rear wall and two together (red) from? Also there is a wire to the Plus side of the coil, it is very dirty but it has a white stripe. It appears to be loose at the radio supressor. Let me retighten it and see what happens.

Morris

[krick3tt]

Jim that was it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was hanging on by one strand, hiding inside the rubber protector at the end of the radio supressor.

Wahooo.

Thanks.
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