Starter Solenoid Spinning

[blenny]

I just replaced the starter Solenoid and went to hook the battery and the solenoid started spinning as soon as I hooked the battery up?

2001 Duramax

 

[Chevy1925]

sounds like you put the main power wire on the stud that powers the bendix, not on the empty one

 

[blenny]

I thought about that the problem with that is that the internals on the solenoid would be backwards from the origional but i will give it a try

 

[Chevy1925]

I thought about that the problem with that is that the internals on the solenoid would be backwards from the origional but i will give it a try

take a pic of the connections as they are now and post it up. may just be a bad solenoid but i dont see that much.

 

[blenny]

hope this works

 

[blenny]

ok so it didnt

 

[blenny]

trying to upload and it says i need ten posts so here is ten

 

[blenny]

 

[blenny]

so three of the same not like its overkill

 

[Chevy1925]

Lol pull the little purple wire off and reconnect the battery and see if the starter still cranks. If it does, the new starter solenoid is bad

 

[blenny]

ok i pulled it and it still does the same thing

 

[blenny]

didn't expect a bad part out of the box from MA

 

[Chevy1925]

it happens. you may just double check that your power wire isnt touching the other big wire directly across from it but from the pics, it dont look like it is.

 

[dirtydmax]

Loosen the 13mm and turn the power wire outwords.i have had the same prob and stumped the $hit outa me.