Starter help please!! 1990 525ia m20

[wyze]

alright so i picked up another starter, scrap said it's for a 90 525ia

but again i don't seem to have a connector for 30h

can someone please take a pick if you have an automatic 1990 525i m20, i need to see how the wiring is, and i'm pretty sure that a main wire has been cut (from alternator to starter), all i have is a 4 guage wire going directly to the battery (battery is in engine bay), a yellow/black wire and green/black wire


pics please!!


thanks!!

[632 Regal]

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[E34-520iSE]

Yellow/black and green/black can both be connected together at the solenoid connector (the smaller one of the two you can see). That's how mine is. It works perfectly.

HTH,

Shaun M

[wyze]

Hey thanks!!, hopefully that'll work, i'll be installing the starter tommorow then


just one more question, is there 1 or 2 wires coming off of the the main terminal(battery / alternator, or just battery)


thanks

[wyze]

bump!!

[E34-520iSE]

Do you mean the big terminal on the alternator? IIRC there's the big cable that comes from the battery, and a little flexible tail from the starter solenoid that also goes there. Push both leads on the bolt, tighten the locknut over the top and she's good to go!

HTH,

Shaun M

[wyze]

yeah that's what i thought, the po had cut the alternator wire


alright now only if it were to stop snowing i could work on my car, sigh

thanks for all your help!!