spivey6690
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Bought an '88 Ranger XLT 2.9L 4X4 standard transmission recently. I have had three starters crap out and am on number four (fourth in a week). All three of the first starters lost their ability to engage the fly wheel (a lot of whirring). This most recent starter had installation instructions that said that there should be two wires going to the starter, which I'm guessing are + and -. There only seems to be one wire present in the truck going to the solenoid. Should there be a + wire or is the starter grounded already? Any help would be greatly appreciated. For what it's worth, starter four works with one wire. The other three did, too, for a bit.