1954 Chevy Truck Ignition Switch Wiring Diagram

1. Good Evening Fellas...

   I'm having the darndest time figuring out why I can't get my "new" old truck's starter to even engage. I've got power to it...but I'm pretty sure the loose red wire in the picture coming out of the firewall needs to be connected. It's the wire that comes from the ignition. I've Googled some pictures that show it connected in different ways and I've tried them but to no evail. I have the red wire connected to the "start" side of the ingition...again, not sure what's not right, but I know it's probably something self evident to the more experienced than I on this forum.

   I'm stumped, so any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!

   Regards,

   Greg

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2. Welcome aboard Greg, enjoy the ride while here.
   Without being there for me it is hard to tell what your truck is doing. Are the wires still connected to at the key switch?
   By the way where is Simi Are you?

3. Wiring diagram 1954 chevy.

   Not easy to tell by the eye what is what and goes to where ?
   The Old online chevy manuals have wiring diagrams . Find your truck year and use the diagram to find your problem.
   Checking out this first is a must before you check in to any starter problems. A couple of weeks a go there have been posted different threads about starter/wiring issues.Look it up by search in this forum 47-55 !

   http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/

   Martinius.

   Last edited: Apr 22, 2013

4. Your starter needs NO wire to engage, just the battery cable. Run a ground straight from the battery to the starter and make sure the positive cable on the terminal post has voltage. If the battery, cables, and starter are all good it WILL turn over. Now for it to run the engine and have all the lights and accessories work it will need a main feed wire, usually 12 gauge, that goes on the same terminal on the starter as the positive battery cable and many times runs up to the amp gauge. The wire to the light switch, ignition switch, etc., then run from the amp gauge to their destination. This lets any draw on the system register on the amp gauge. Your starter will work clamped in a vice with just a battery hooked to it and if it doesn't the switch (button on top of the starter the lever mashes down) or the starter itself is bad. Being NOS means it's sat on a shelf for many years so I'd pop the band off the case and check out the comutator, the copper bars the brushes rub on, for oxidation. A piece of fine crocus cloth held against the comutator while you turn the armature by hand will deglaze it.

5. Evan is right, but may have left out an important clue.

   You said this truck is new to you. I don't know how to say this delicately, but the starter is engaged by pressing on the funny looking round pedal to the right of the gas pedal, not by turning the key. Key must be on for the engine to fire and run, but the starter will turn the engine with the key in your pocket.

6. Amazing

   I want to know where he got a brand new pedal starter ! .

7. stomp starteryou can buy them at NAPA thats where i bought mine from.

8. Thanks everybody!I tried your suggestion over the weekend, but still nothing. My battery cables were getting warm however. I tried cleaning the contact surfaces, but they still got warm. To find a short I'm going to try disconnecting the negative cable from the battery to check for shorts using my light tester stuck in the middle of the negative post while its clipped to the loose cable and start disconnecting systems until the light turns off.

9. Just a thought... Have you tried just physically mashing the silver button right by where the battery cable bolts to the starter and see if it turns over? Another idea is to hook up a volt meter between ground and the cable connection at the starter and observe the voltage when the above mentioned button is mashed. If the voltage goes to 8 or less, you have either a battery problem or a cable/connection issue. I hope this makes sense, as it's sometimes hard to decipher my instructions... As Evan, (Coilover) mentioned, the starter may have been setting on a shelf for a long time, so You might consider removing it and bench testing it just to prove the starter is good before chasing a possible 'wild goose', Bill

   Last edited: Apr 21, 2013

10. Battery cables getting warm!

    Uninstall starter . Use a 12 v. battery and connect to starter to + pole and - , just a few seconds .Not the most elegant way to start it but if it still wont turn over your starter is toast. If it turns over the problem is in your wiring/cable connection some where, i would check the fuzes aswell ?

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