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starer button wireing

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I want to wire a starter button on my bike . My wire colors, do not match the wire diagrams for 1980 gs1000. Example, I have a small white with green tracer coming off my starter solnoid into the wireing loom. The diagrams show a green with yellow. Due to my bikes mix and match parts I may not have the proper loom for all I know. All I really need is to get a hot 12v wire with a button to connect and break the power to the nonpowered side of the solinoid right? Thanks Mike
 
You sort of have the right idea.

There are two large terminals on the solenoid. One of them goes straight to the battery, the other goes straight to the starter. There is a smaller terminal, which, on the standard solenoid, has a wire soldered to it. That wire is yellow, with a green stripe, it may have faded a bit and appears to be white/green. What you are trying to do is to connect a momentary-contact switch (button) from a switched 'hot' wire to that yellow/green wire.

Note that the metal case of the stock solenoid needs to be grounded. If the solenoid has been replaced, the smaller terminal will most-likely not have a soldered wire, but will use ring terminals on the wire. There also might be one or two small terminals. If there is just one, the metal case needs to be grounded, like the stock solenoid. If there are two small terminals, one of them will connect to your start button, the other will need to be grounded.

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solenoid bad no stock starter button

solenoid bad no stock starter button

I bought a Ford solenoid from Rockauto. com $4.99 plus shipping $12 bucks total. $10.00 starter button from Auto Zone. Hooked up the solenoid like normal. Found a unused 12volt wire, hot when the ignition key is turned on. Installed the Button between that wire and a wire to the S terminal (S- must stand for small), on solenoid. Drilled a hole in right side cover and mounted the button. Works Fine
 
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