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Super basic E-start wiring help (pictures) please?
I've got my 81 shovel almost to the electrical wizardry stage.
I've wired up a couple of simple sporty chops, but this is my first time dealing with the funky shovelhead starters solenoid carbuncle thing.
I'll be using a car style ignition switch, so no button & therefore, no relay to worry about (I'm led to believe). I can't find ANYTHING online regarding how to do this. Everything I've found shows either a button start with a relay, or a simple on/off switch & feeler gauge mod.
Can anyone show me, super simply, how to make this work please? With pictures or drawings would be an immense help, I have a complete mental block on electrickery.
I can do the rest, it's just the battery-switch-solenoid (why does it have 3 poles???) -starter bit I'm headscratching....
The shiny bits are at the platers, the cushiony bit it's at the upholsterers & I'm mid-paint myself. I'd like to get this set in my head before I start bolting it all back together in a couple of weeks.
Last edited by Robtattoo; May 11, 2026 at 04:01 PM.
Yep, that's got all the stuff I don't need. Starter button, relay, the lot. Also doesn't have a Shovelhead solenoid. That's an Evo diagram, now that I look closer.....
Last edited by Robtattoo; May 11, 2026 at 04:04 PM.
Here's a classic wiring diagram that prevents starter run-on too. It was developed by one of the smart guys on this forum and works great on my 79 FXS.
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Super basic E-start wiring help (pictures) please?
