Hot Rods Basic wiring just to start the old engine

Hello, sorry I’ve looked first and can’t find the exact answer. We are working on a 52 Chevy truck with a 235 straight 6. What is the bare wiring needed to work towards starting the engine?
Starter to batt+
Coil+ to batt +
Coil- to ground?
Condenser/points wire to?
Anything else?

 

Coil - to distributor (points)
Also battery - to engine block (ground)

 

Thank you

 

Don't use bare wires, use insulated wires, bare wires are sure to short out and could start a fire.

 

As they said it is pretty basic and simple to just hook one up to test fire it.
Battery cable to the starter and battery cable to a good clean ground are a given. Clean as in bare shiny metal.
The wire from the coil to the distributor should already be there if the engine had run before.
A length of wire with a pair of alligator clips on the ends to hook to the coil post and the battery to put power to the coil works pretty good and is easy to pull off when you go to stop it.
The condenser should be inside the distributor and already connected.


That engine should have a stomp pedal pedal starter as it is in a truck. If you are trying to start it from under the hood you can work the plunger on top of the starter with a big screw driver or other pry tool
I've started engines hanging from chain hoists, sitting on a tire and sitting on a pallet that way with no more than the absolute basic wires.

 

And if the battery is -negative to ground then ensure the coil - terminal goes to the dist

 

Here is temporary panel I made for one of my engine swaps (OT ***mins diesel). A s**** of aluminum panel, ON-OFF toggle switch and a 12 Volt indicator light (just a reminder to keep you from burning up your ignition points). The +12 Volt power to this panel is the alligator clip on the positive battery clamp.

I used a remote starter switch (Autozone, etc). It's alligator clips can be seen on the starter solenoid (upper left of the picture).

For something a little less "temporary", install a push ****on starter switch (again Autozone, etc) on the aluminum panel.

This allowed me to start the engine occasionally, the actual completion of this truck took many months.

 

How about a engine on a stand with a key switch ?

 

I think he is saying what is the minimum of wires to start an engine not uninsulated wires.

 

Ya think?

 

I thought about fixing it too,
I was going to insert the word bones after bare..

 

I was hoping someone would change it to bear...that would be scary!

 

Well there are some dumb ***es on here that need that kind of guidance!