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Hello all,

My starter motor failed, got a replacement from Rhino automotive.
Put Everything back in its place, mechanically.

Electrically not sure, I put it back together same as the original wires.l, took photos.

There are 2 terminals , is an empty terminal, I put the positives on this,(battery etc) there is also a spade connection I connected my leisure battery relay to this.

The other terminal , There is a prewired cable to the solineold , nothing connect to this.

There is a short somewhere , checked everything.

When I pull the cable from the battery to the starter , short is gone.

Or if I pull the relay it’s gone.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Found this online and another Thanks

And this … which is correct

Unfortunately pictures are no longer showing in the forum from the UK.

there should only be two wires at the starter, can;t go wrong. a fat one to the solenoid main input and a thin one to the solenoid actuation, have you done something more to complicate things as its not clear why your having a problem,

Its a DG , there should be two big (red) wires that go on the same connection( one from the alternator, one from the battery ) and the small trigger wire onto one ( it matter not which ) spade connection 

Imgur link to photos/ drawing

https://imgur.com/gallery/vw-t25-starte ... es-d35qFrv

Oldiebut goodie wrote: ↑11 Oct 2025, 17:37 Unfortunately pictures are no longer showing in the forum from the UK.

UK no longer has access!  viewtopic.php?t=183300

Oh, I see what you mean.

No access to Imgur ! That sucks