[Terry57]

Need help with solenoid wiring on mini starter..no R connector and green wire is not connected, and will not fire. What do I need to do?

 

[acardon]

Connect the 2 green wires that were on the "R" terminal together and see if it will fire. What distributor are you using? Do you still have the ballest resistor?
If so, you may need a relay or diode to bypass the ballest resistor while cranking.

 

[Terry57]

Has only one green wire, connected with 18 ga violet wire engine runs for 5 sec. and cuts off..... connected with 12 ga black wire runs but keeps running with switch off..have points and resistor at this time

 

[Terry57]

thanks Don, going to put diode in green (R) wire and connect to motor side of solenoid. New to this site and posted in wrong forum...will know next time...

 

[acardon]

Has only one green wire, connected with 18 ga violet wire engine runs for 5 sec. and cuts off..... connected with 12 ga black wire runs but keeps running with switch off..have points and resistor at this time

Look around for another green wire. There should be another green wire coming from the ignition switch that went to the R terminal. The green wire you have is going to the + coil. You can see from this drawing, one wire goes into the starter motor harness and the other goes to the coil. You'll need the diode between the purple "sol" terminal and the 2 green wires with the stripe on the diode facing the 2 green wires.

 

[Terry57]

The wiring diagram does show 2 green wires to the solenoid. I only have one at sol. and it comes out of harness....the one from +coil goes into main wiring harness thru firewall. Also 2 green wires at bottom of resistor into firewall..tan and wiper motor at top...Owned car since 74...came with 327..turbo 400 ..10 bolt. i added extra jumperwire on ignition switch for some reason long time ago.........engine is cranking and runs good now without green wire from harness connected.. Its not wired according to diagram but harness looks orig. Will this damage points etc.

 

[acardon]

The wiring diagram does show 2 green wires to the solenoid. I only have one at sol. and it comes out of harness....the one from +coil goes into main wiring harness thru firewall. Also 2 green wires at bottom of resistor into firewall..tan and wiper motor at top...Owned car since 74...came with 327..turbo 400 ..10 bolt. i added extra jumperwire on ignition switch for some reason long time ago.........engine is cranking and runs good now without green wire from harness connected.. Its not wired according to diagram but harness looks orig. Will this damage points etc.

It sounds like it is wired to go through the resistor and running on the reduced voltage, but is also cranking on the reduced voltage. If it is going through the resistor, it won't reduce the points life, but it may be hard to start at times if everything is not just right.
The purpose of bypassing the resistor during starting is because the battery voltage is already reduced by the current draw of the starter motor and after it goes through the resistor, the voltage to the coil can be as low as 5 or 6 volts while cranking.
To check the voltage at the + coil, momentairly ground the - coil terminal while monitering the voltage on the + coil with the key on and engine not running.