Hi all, im new to this site and if im honest, not too good with spanners. I replaced a starter motor on my neighbours 1999 1400cc Escort van as it was being a bugger to start. I have wired up the new one (to what i thought was the right way) but there is nothing happening at all, not even a click. Ive checked the fuse (OK) and the relay (not too sure how to check if thats busted though), checked all the wires leading away from the starter and all seem fine. As you look at the smaller pat of the starter there are three threaded studs, two are M8's (13mm bolt head) and one is M6 (10mm bolt head). I know thw wire from the alternator fits to the M6 thread as it already has a M6 nut fitted to the connector. One of the M8 threads already has a cable/banding fastened to it that also fixes to the bigger part of the starter but so im guessing i dont touch that one. This leaves me two wires, one big red one which goes to the battery and a smaller one that goes into a plug and seems to flow through the bulkhead somewhere. Do these two wires fasten onto the last remaining M8 thread or am i wrong? Thanks
Deano