Wiring and starting issue

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   Hey all! Welp this winter some squirrels found there way into the engine bay and made quite the home. I got it all cleaned out and found a handful of chewed through wires. I spliced in new wire, although some of the wire colors were extremely similar.   

Now trying to start it for the first time, when I turn the key to accessory it begins to turn over on its own (hasn’t started). 

Curious on where to start? Did I potentially goof some of the chewed wires? Starter selenoid? Ignition switch? Grabbing my volt meter tomorrow and going to start poking around. 

1984 southwind 351 Windsor 

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Charlie1717 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: July-09-2016 Location: Greenwood, IN Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote Charlie1717 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Wiring and starting issue Posted: May-28-2022 at 9:35pm
	Hey all! Welp this winter some squirrels found there way into the engine bay and made quite the home. I got it all cleaned out and found a handful of chewed through wires. I spliced in new wire, although some of the wire colors were extremely similar. Now trying to start it for the first time, when I turn the key to accessory it begins to turn over on its own (hasn’t started). Curious on where to start? Did I potentially goof some of the chewed wires? Starter selenoid? Ignition switch? Grabbing my volt meter tomorrow and going to start poking around. 1984 southwind 351 Windsor
	-- Charlie 1984 Southwind

KENO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-06-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11058	Post Options Post Reply Quote KENO Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-29-2022 at 7:39am
	Print out one of these diagrams to take along with the voltmeter. it's a good diagram for your 84 Might be a silly question but why would you turn the key to accessory.? You would have the key in OFF, then turn through the RUN position to the START position and release it back to RUN. If you have an ACC position, it would be to the left of the OFF position and it should never come into play when starting the engine. I'd be looking at the purple wire from the key switch and also the solenoid wiring. It sounds like your purple is going to the solenoid "S" terminal as a guess

Charlie1717 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: July-09-2016 Location: Greenwood, IN Status: Offline Points: 20	Post Options Post Reply Quote Charlie1717 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-29-2022 at 11:00pm
	Thank you for the diagram! You were right on the accessory position, I meant run 🤦‍♂️ I figured it out today, ended up getting some wires crossed, the old wires bleed over each other giving me 3 purple/pink wires that all looked the same! Got them sorted and boat fired right up. Thank you!!
	-- Charlie 1984 Southwind

KENO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: June-06-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11058	Post Options Post Reply Quote KENO Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May-30-2022 at 5:39am
	Thank TRBenj, he made the diagram many tears ago It makes issues like this a lot easier to figure out

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