Technical 12 volt conversion starter with left blinker

Im doing a 12 volt conversion on a 1953 custom line flathead v8 i bought the kit from vintage auto garage. Ive hooked everything up how they show except now when I turn the key to start the starter will not kick over. If i turn the key to acc the blinkers work great but if I have the key off and the starter relay hooked up when I turn the left blinker on the starter engages and tries to start the motor... how do I fix this? The solenoid is ground activated. My key is the 4 stage off acc on and start

 

I'm thinking that problem 1 is the freaking universal switch. Universal switches are Hot to the S post on the starter solenoid as in all of my 60 something years of working on cars I have never seen a universal ignition switch that went to ground on start. The kit uses a go to ground push ****on to trigger the solenod and not a key switch.
Second you have some wires crossed and it is probably on that switch that they are crossed. View attachment 6693735

I've spent the past half hour looking for a usable 53 Ford car wiring diagram on the net and the closest I came is the one shown here. What I suggest is spending probably the best headache saving 18.95 you will spend and buy the laminated wiring diagram from Cl***ic car wiring dot com. They are big enough to actually figure out and color coded plus they make pretty nice garage wall art. https://cl***iccarwiring.com/products/1952-1953-ford-cars-color-wiring-wiring-diagram

 

Are you sure your solenoid should be ground activated?

 

The key switch was already in the car not part of the kit. I also did not mess with the wires on the switch except for adding one wire to the acc prong to get 12 volts to a relay in the kit

 

Im not sure i used the one in the kit they sent

 

Looking at their website their kits seem to have a Ford type solenoid. Big terminals one to battery one to starter motor. Small terminals S to 12v switched from starter switch. I ballast resistor 12v byp***. Ground is via the body of the solenoid.

 

The one they sent me is ground from ****on which I do not have a ****on... I can apply 12 volts from the battery and the solenoid wont click but if I touch ground from battery it does it wonder if they sent me the wrong solenoid. I have the rl13 id upload a Pic of it but I dont know how to do that

 

If I was in your shoes I'd hook up one circuit at a time, get that circuit functioning then move to the next circuit. The starter circuit with ignition switch, alternator/generator would be my first priority.

 

Everything is working properly except this... and the right blinker just comes on and doesnt blink. But I also have a bulb out that I havnt swaped to 12 volt bulb yet

 

I was looking at their 1953 -55 kits.
You’re right, their up to 1953 kits come with a ground activated solenoid.

Does the start position on your key go to ground or 12v

 

I believe it is now 12 volt since their kit goes from positive ground to negative ground.... I have to find my dang multi meter i had it in the shop on this car and I couldnt find it last night so I dont know if someone walked by and picked it up for some reason or if I just misplaced was planning on working on it tonight

 

I let my friends call me Sparky, and this is why I prefer Ron Francis

 

What?

 

replace the right blinker bulb if burned out. From the schematic above, I'd pull the flasher fuse then try to start the car. No start then troubleshoot/verify the starter circuit wiring, leave flasher fuse out while doing this.
Other ideas, verify you have the correct ignition switch. With the ignition switch off and using a multimeter on the ohm scale, verify the wiring to/from ignition switch is correct.

 

Okay thanks... ill look into it. I almost think I have the wrong starter solenoid. And maybe with the key off the blinker is grounding the switch back through and cranking the starter? Im not sure

 

This could be used as an- anti theft- method. Turn signal, start ****on. Interesting.