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Subject:Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:25:02 -0400

At 02:20 PM 6/22/2011, John Rodgers wrote:

>On 6/22/2011 11:45 AM, David Beierl wrote:
>>crocodile-clip lead with one end on the
>>starter connector
>
>David, is that on the battery terminal post on the solenoid or one
>of the mail blade terminals on the solenoid? And do you just leave it there?

*NOT* the battery terminal.  Hooking that to the alternator would do
no harm since they're already connected; but no good either.

>BTW - I'm back at ground zero on the wipers. Now regularly blowing
>the 15 amp fuse at S11. Definitely got a short somewhere.

Wire a headlight in place of the fuse and follow the circuit around
with the 200 mv scale on your voltmeter.  Where the voltage stops
decreasing is your problem.

Yrs,
David