wire meltdown starter shut down help.........

[badbrax]

wire meltdown starter shut down help.....was all good until I did some serious wheeling and now it is a melt down situation small burn on back of ignition too, Is my starter switch bad or is it the old starter or ignition...?

[Binford]

You just have to start checking your wiring, from the battery on. Likely there is a frayed wire contacting the body at some point.

[compexp]

I would also check the back of the starter switch - I know my wiring there is closer to the body than I would like.

A melt indicates a short, so somethings grounding where it shouldn't.

[Binford]

Yeah, as the first place the battery positive would take you is the starter switch on the floor, that's the first place you'll be checking!

I agree, lots of big, energized wires come awfully close to grounded sheet metal in the neighborhood of that starter switch....

[Tomahawk715]

Had a tractor melt the wiring and part of the ign switch because the starter went fubar and stayed engaged. Basically turned the the starter into a generator and backfed the wiring. 400 bucks later the tractor is all good

[nc715]

Since you has been doing "serious wheeling" I think you were able to get the body/frame to flex and the engine shifted at the wrong time and you grounded out.
Galen