Trying to get solonoid wired right on Craftsman DLT 3000

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ncmxracer

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Hey guys as you can see by the picture hopefully im not sure what im doing. Someone has messed with this thing without my permission and now i am now sure exactly how to wire the solonoid back. My question is, what goes on the two spade connectors, right now i have two black wire with a female connector on them, which im pretty sure goes on there, but then i have the two white wires twisted together and i believe a spade connector was cut from there. Then there are two black wires with a jumper type connector on it which basically ties it back into itself.IMG_20220801_150503488.jpg also i have this blue wire running down from the switch which had a connnector on it but now its just grounded to the frame bolt which grounds the solonoid. Please help me im over my head. lol
 
Apparently my English is clear enough.

There is at least versions of the DLT 3000 so hopefully I picked the right schematic.
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Heaven only knows what is going on there
The spades at the bottom , one will go to ground and the other will only show battery voltage when the key is in the start position .
It does not matter which way they are connected
The ground is normally a short wire that comes from one of the mounting bolts which on your mower looks like a blue wire.
I will hazard a guess that one of the safety switches was not working and the mess down there was an attempt to work around the problem rather than fix it .
 
bertsmobile1 said:
Heaven only knows what is going on there
The spades at the bottom , one will go to ground and the other will only show battery voltage when the key is in the start position .
It does not matter which way they are connected
The ground is normally a short wire that comes from one of the mounting bolts which on your mower looks like a blue wire.
I will hazard a guess that one of the safety switches was not working and the mess down there was an attempt to work around the problem rather than fix it .
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yea, the blue one comes down from the switch and i just added a short piece to ground on the back of the solonoid *shrugs* lol
Also, the starter has a ground wire i am assuming i am missing as well right? You cant see from the picture but there is just the one large red running into the starter itself. Does it get a ground wire from that tiny stud on top of it going into the heatshield?
 
There should be a heavy ground cable running from the battery to the body.
I usually run one all the way to the engine then replace one of the engine self tapping bolts with a long one to anchor the ground cable to .
From the wiring diagram Star has been good enough to post shows a dual circuit alternator but if the DPO fitted a proper rectifier regulator then it would need a ground and the starter bolts area good ground .
B & S usually run a wire from the rear blower housing bolt which is a PIA to refit .
 
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