2.3L ('83-'97) 1997 2.3 5sp 2wd positive battery cable routing

[Kudagra]

I've owned an 86 and an 87 Ranger but that was 30+ years ago.
I picked up a 97 2.3 5sp extra cab 2wd. Someone blind went after a no start condition with a chain saw. The wiring is a nightmare. Battery cables removed and transmission to engine harness chopped apart.
I put a new starter and battery in it (they physically broke the old starter). My issue now is... How is the positive cable routed? They had it draped over the rear of the engine but looking at brackets, remembering how Ford likes to do things and a touch of common sense it seems to me it runs around the front of the oil pan and over the gearbox to the battery. Does anyone have a diagram or picture showing this?

I connected mine this way and jumped the fender solenoid and it cranked over (they broke the start terminal off the solenoid)

Thanks

 

[scotts90ranger]

I can get pictures and look tonight, other than when the starter solenoid unscrewed itself on my '97 it's always started so I haven't paid much attention... it's pretty rube goldberg though... not sure why the starter has a trigger wire and it still has a relay on the fender...

 

[Kudagra]

I can get pictures and look tonight, other than when the starter solenoid unscrewed itself on my '97 it's always started so I haven't paid much attention... it's pretty rube goldberg though... not sure why the starter has a trigger wire and it still has a relay on the fender...

That was the old time fix for when GM and VWs would heat soak the starter and wouldnt start. Heck i used a Ford Solenoid to wire my glow plugs on my Rabbit Diesel pickup.

Lol i love when random things unscrew themselves