83 GL1100 Starter Relay Need Help

[CAN DO EOC]

I had to replace my starter relay for it burnt up and I bought the one that has the Green 30 Fuse and Four prongs my (?) is where do I hook up the wires , I have 1 Red, 1 Red White, 1 Red Yellow, and 1 Greenish Blue .... So starting from Left To Right closet to the fuse need to know the order to place in

 

[zman]

I cant tell you for sure, I heard some aftermarket relays have a reverse order, or at least 2 wires are reversed then some are identical so be careful.

 

[slabghost]

We'll need to know which relay you have.

 

[CAN DO EOC]

This is what I have do you have a suggestion as to another one to get

 

[slabghost]

No others to suggest. Just about any relay will work. Some have even used Ford relays. GL uses a separate ground wire for the solenoid coil and that one appears to also. It doesn't really matter which side uses power and which is grounded as it will work fine either way. As for the other two terminals I'm not sure what goes there but there is a wiring diagram in the gallery.

 

[Ansimp]

With a multimeter on the ohm scale or the tone continuity tester you can test between the fuse ( pull the fuse when you do the test) and a terminal, I would use this one as the battery supply ( red) and the other one red white. If you take the tester and get a reading between 2 terminals these are the coil terminals that get green and red/yellow and as slab said it doesn't matter which way around.

 

[mcgovern61]

I bought a similar solenoid, but my 4 wire harness was intact and plugged right in. On the back side of mine (at the terminals) there were labels molded into the plastic for which wire was which. (At least as far as +/-, term and batt)

 

[Joep]

That one willll work.. take the fuse and insert it from the bottom.. the regular plug will fit the terminals with no issues... Barry to bat and starter to starter... only issue I found was the + wire is a little short.. and the fuse is a 20 amp change it for a thirty amp...

 

[Joep]

Here is a picture of the original plug.. and color of wires...

 

[CAN DO EOC]

Thank You for posting that picture, it really helps me, from what I see this is the pattern that I must connect the lines

 

[Joep]

Yes that is the way my 11 and 12 are wired....

 

[Steve83]

Yup - it should work that way.

 

[Joep]

Just for future reference the red and red/white are electrically the same they both connect to the fuse so they could be switched without affecting anything.. but the picture is how Honda wired the plug..