I may have cranked it a little too long while diagnosing the bad battery.
That's all I can think of.  I am gonna take a pic of a new starter if I
cannot get the clearance inder the van of the one I have in there.  It is
only 3 mos old.  I can add some liquid rubber to that wire, but the first
think that caught my eye when installing the realy was that almost bare
wire.  Thx, Dudes.  Jay, feel free to chime in on the need for that relay.
Tahnks to all.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 7:45 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote:

> Obviously something got hot. Did you overcrank, perhaps, keeping the
> juice to the solenoid for a prolonged time? Either way, I would go
> ahead with the relay install, though it would be wise to repair that
> wire. BTW why are you installing the hard start relay? We never
> discussed that. Usually, this relay install is done to reduce wear on
> the ignition switch and also helps when the trip wire to the solenoid
> has resistance due to corrosion/age.
> Miguel
>
> Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names
> the streets after them.
> - Bill Vaughan
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Forgot the link to pics
> >
> https://picasaweb.google.com/sandwichhead/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ6a_NS8mPTzQg&feat=directlink
> > Michael in San Antonio
> > 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Just getting ready to put in the Hard Start Relay and noticed this wire
> on
> >> my new Bosch starter with some melted plastic.  Just installed the new
> >> battery and ign switch and wondering if I should go fwd with the install
> or
> >> switch out the starter first.  Thanks to all.
> >> Michael in San Antonio
> >> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
> >>
> >
> >
>