Projects Help staring flat head

Hello,
Happy holidays.
I was messing with the flathead in the welder yesterday again,and almost got to fire up.
After the last attempt when it almost started but when I tried again it seemed like the battery died.
I think I fried the starter solenoid.


Problem one.
This welder is al set up with gauges,starter button,fuel primer,it has a block heater etc.
The starter button was sitting there but no wire attached to it.
How does the button work? Just grounds the wire to the relay?


Problem 2.
When I hook the battery cables it automatically spins the starter, does the starter button(wire) have to do anything with this?


Problem 3.
I think I fried the starter relay, could I test this by hooking the battery directly to the starter?

Thanks in advance.

 

I would check the connections and grounds. The wiring may be too small a gauge or corroded.
Check all the connections and wire.
A simple clean up can do wonders.

That looks like a simple push button starter switch from like a Ford F1.
You may want to look at a wiring diagram from one of those.

 

Thank you..
I just bypassed the starter,hooked a wire to the distributor and it fired up!!!!!

 

Were you cranking by hand?

 

Sorry,I bypassed the starter solenoid,hooked the battery directly to the starter and it fired up,sadly I couldn't keep it running.
Bad fuel pump,bad primer pump and God only what other issues are hiding.only thing I can do is try.

 

As I said before,the flathead fired up and started ,and ran for a few seconds,,then it didn't start so I took a brake from it.

I just looked at the primer pump and it's a 6v..
Ooooops

 

In my very limited experience, the diaphragm in the fuel pump was torn, and that was a long time ago.