Wiring upgrade (starter to battery)

So I am redoing the electrical system on my 98 because I have some extra 2 gauge from my winch. But on the starter it has a weird connecter with to wires going in and 2 connection points going out:



Can I just run the 2 gauge in place of the red wire, and then similiar wire in place of the green one and ditch the block as long as I connect both sides to the correct places?

-Alex

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Yes.

I cut the connector in half between the two wires with a dremel and ran 2ga wire in place of the red wire. I left the green wire connected to were it was.

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Cool, can I use welding wire? The stuff I have is slightly larger then 2 gauge but I have a lot of it.

-Alex

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Ba-Riedo said:

So I am redoing the electrical system on my 98 because I have some extra 2 gauge from my winch. But on the starter it has a weird connecter with to wires going in and 2 connection points going out:

Can I just run the 2 gauge in place of the red wire, and then similiar wire in place of the green one and ditch the block as long as I connect both sides to the correct places?

-Alex

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Click the link in my sig.

Go to the "instructions" page.

Select the "Starter Motor Solenoid Retermination" link (or something similar) it will give you a .pdf that will tell you just what you want to do.

Ba-Reido: the OEM wiring is 6AWG, so anything bigger than that should be just ducky. I use 1AWG - anything beyond that becomes massive overkill, but won't cause a problem. I just wanted to pick something that wouldn't be strained by the use, but would be easy to handle (for me to make and for you to install.)

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Cool thanks for the instructions 5-90.

-Alex

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the_weirdo said:

Yes.

I cut the connector in half between the two wires with a dremel and ran 2ga wire in place of the red wire. I left the green wire connected to were it was.

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x2...at least, on my old jeep. Haven't gotten around to ordering a new set from 5-90 for the new jeep.

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DeftwillP said:

x2...at least, on my old jeep. Haven't gotten around to ordering a new set from 5-90 for the new jeep.

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- You know where to find me! -

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5-90 said:

- You know where to find me! -

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Yeah, you tell me where to find money first:rattle: