battery connections, help !

[craigmomps]

i just changed starter/solenoid in 77 280z, marked wires b/4 disconnect- but they rubbed off. unable to get either good view/ info from photos or repair man. one battery term has 3 wire connect from wiring harness running on top of fire wall(i assume this is positive lead?). the other has heavy gauge wire (i assume to ground/ starter bolt). ANY help with connections, greatly appreciated. also,help with solenoid connections.THX.

[beandip]

Man , DONT CONNECT ANYTHING ! FIND SOME ONE THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. If you misconnect the poss and neg you will short out the wireing and most likely cause alot of damage .

[BuDavid]

just take an ohm meter and connect positive terminal of the meter to one of those wires, and the negative to the ground (body or the negative of the battery) and do the same thing gain with the other wires, until u find the 0 ohm value which means that the wire with the 0 ohm's is the ground, to find the others, same thing but u need the VOLT meter mode, connect the positive therminal of the meter to one of those wires aand let a person inside the car give a "START" pulse with the ignition key and see if u get the 14.5V on tour meter, if so, means that u are measuring the start wire of the starter! a picture woud be helpful but i dont have one right now.. will mentioning the colors of the terminals help? if yes just tell me so I'll look for it under my car's hood..

good luck and be careful in future;)

[TomoHawk]

Take Another lesson from somebody who didn't take a picture, or made a drawing, of the stuff before or while is was coming apart.

NEVER trust your memory (well... almost never.) Make the record for yourself, not only for what you're doing, but for the next time, or to share with others in this kind of situation. You can even scan it to your computer, and save the shelf space!