it keeps tripping the breaker
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directly from battery positive to the starter motor post, the starter spins freely. Directly from battery to the blade connector it starts to push out then kills the power
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I'm thinking you have a short somewhere and what you need to test your starter and bypass the entire circuit is one of these.
https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performa...BoCijIQAvD_BwE
It is a momentary remote starter switch.. You can hook this directly to your battery and the other lead to your starter solenoid. By testing this way you can eliminate the entire wiring harness.. if it engages and turn the motor over and starts you know your starter and solenoid are good and need to trace the short.. Do you have a Factory service Manual to trace writing?
https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performa...BoCijIQAvD_BwE
It is a momentary remote starter switch.. You can hook this directly to your battery and the other lead to your starter solenoid. By testing this way you can eliminate the entire wiring harness.. if it engages and turn the motor over and starts you know your starter and solenoid are good and need to trace the short.. Do you have a Factory service Manual to trace writing?
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Don`t buy a new starter, the starter is not causing a breaker to trip.
If a breaker is tripping, you have a short.
Find out which breaker is tripping.
If the ignition breaker trips when the start button is pressed, there is a short in the wire between the starter switch and the start relay terminal 86.
If the accessory breaker trips when the start button is pressed, there is a short in the wire between the starter relay terminal 87 and the starter solenoid (the green wire).
If a breaker is tripping, you have a short.
Find out which breaker is tripping.
If the ignition breaker trips when the start button is pressed, there is a short in the wire between the starter switch and the start relay terminal 86.
If the accessory breaker trips when the start button is pressed, there is a short in the wire between the starter relay terminal 87 and the starter solenoid (the green wire).
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I'm trying to understand how the OP is describing how he did his jumper wires.. And by the way I understand what he's trying to say is that way even with a jumper it's still kills the breaker.. The solenoid is on a breaker but the starter isn't and I believe the solenoid is on the 30 amp breaker, no? I'm gonna see what I have for a schematic..
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Reading what you yourself posted and I highlighted above, it's the solenoid.
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Disconnect the wire going to the solenoid from the starter relay. Then run a wire, say 12ga, from the + of the battery to that terminal, the pull in for the solenoid. If possible, put an ammeter in series with it. See if the starter kicks in and turns the motor over.