Choke Wire Fell Off Carb & Shorted Out Starter.

[BradMph]

Back tracing the electrical short and I found one exploded diode I used to protect the starter from a reverse polarity and to increase the voltage during the cranking start to a full 12 volts. I will replace the diode and wire and keep tracing until completed. This diode looks to be the culprit of a grounded power source and i hope it is the problem with starter pre-spinning in ACC. Should find out tomorrow after installing new wiring.

1N5404 One Way Barrel diode
Max forward 3 amp
Peak inverse 400v
Peak forward surge 200amp

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The diode cracked strangely like this image below
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