Ok update checking the wires on the starter the small wire pulled out of connector real easily. Now question where does that wire run to?
Purple wire? (Sometimes fades to pinkish)
Depending on the vehicle, it either goes to the ignition switch via the neutral-safety switch or the clutch switch; or it goes to the starter relay in the "electrical center" near the left front fender.
I had a similar problem on my '97. The wire had been spliced before I bought the truck to repair corrosion, and it corroded
again. Salt on the roads, and road splash are hard on the starter wiring. I cut the wire back as far as I could access it; and still had corroded copper. I had to splice about three feet of fresh wire from above the engine, and then drop the new wire down to the starter.
Wire from previous repair:
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Additional wire cut back as far as I could reach before the harness became inaccessible behind the engine. Even the "good" end is still too corroded:
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Broke the purple wire out of the harness above the engine, spliced-in a similar-gauge red wire (didn't have purple) and routed it down to the starter. Tucked and secured it to the original harness so it was protected from heat and chafing.
Crimped, soldered, shrink-wrapped.
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