All Small Six Guide to electrical?

[DON]

I guess I should give some guidelines on the jumper cables. Use them the same way you do when starting a car. Hook grounds clamps to battery and block, positive to the battery positive, then touch the other positive to the nut on the starter post. ( it will arc, touching the nut will save arc damage to the threads)
BE CAREFUL TO NOT TOUCH THE POSITIVE CLAMP TO GROUND!!

 

[JoeCrozier]

I guess I should give some guidelines on the jumper cables. Use them the same way you do when starting a car. Hook grounds clamps to battery and block, positive to the battery positive, then touch the other positive to the nut on the starter post. ( it will arc, touching the nut will save arc damage to the threads)
BE CAREFUL TO NOT TOUCH THE POSITIVE CLAMP TO GROUND!!

Thank you, I got excited talking about this thread last night and tried just that, worked great:
Video of the starter going with jumper cables, hopefully link works

But I’m still confused on getting power to the ignition coil and distributor. Whether it’s with jumper cables or official battery. How does the power split off and go to the ignition coil? Just splice a wire?

 

[pmuller9]

Before you start turning the engine over with the starter, did you run the oil pump with an electric drill to get oil throughout the engine?

Is there assembly lube on the rod and main bearings?

 

[JoeCrozier]

Before you start turning the engine over with the starter, did you run the oil pump with an electric drill to get oil throughout the engine?

I did yes. And even still I only ran the starter about as long as you saw in that video. Just proof on concept that it worked

 

[pmuller9]

Is the distributor timing set correctly?

 

[pmuller9]

The ignition system is setup with a wire from the battery to an ignition switch then from the ignition switch to a ballast resistor then from the ballast resistor to the + terminal of the ignition coil.
The negative terminal of the ignition coil goes to the distributor wire.

You can use any type of switch for the ignition switch

A ballast resistor from any auto parts store with between 1.5 and 1.8 ohms will work.

 

[awasson]

Thank you, I got excited talking about this thread last night and tried just that, worked great:
Video of the starter going with jumper cables, hopefully link works

But I’m still confused on getting power to the ignition coil and distributor. Whether it’s with jumper cables or official battery. How does the power split off and go to the ignition coil? Just splice a wire?

This is the best diagram I could find explaining how to wire up the requirements for starting/running your engine.

EDIT: The mounting bracket of the solenoid needs to be grounded to the same place as the engine block, starter and battery negative.

They mention the Start position and the Run position.
Start = Cranking
Run = ignition on

You could use two toggle switches on this solenoid with one for Run/Ignition on and a momentary toggle for Start/Cranking.

 

[JoeCrozier]

This is the best diagram I could find explaining how to wire up the requirements for starting/running your engine.

They mention the Start position and the Run position.
Start = Cranking
Run = ignition on

You could use two toggle switches on this solenoid with one for Run/Ignition on and a momentary toggle for Start/Cranking.

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That diagram is literally perfect, thank you