The larger terminal goes straight to the battery. It looks like it does have a battery cable on it though. The smaller terminal bolt appears to have no wire on it. This is the one that switches on the starter. It should go to a solenoid or electronic box. But there has to be a wire on it going to the ignition system.
SOURCE: 1998 Sunfire rough running (missfire) common causes?
check the coils my 98 had a crack coil that drove me nuts. If thats the problem make sure you replace both ignition coils
SOURCE: Installation (wire diagram) for remote starter on a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire
try going to diy rattler.com
SOURCE: pontiac sunfire
I had that problem last year. I bought a new starter but it was not the correct one for my car. For the 98 there are two different starters. I bought the wrong one the first time. My step father started to put it one and realized it was not the same as the one he just pulled off. Ending up taking it with us when we returned the orginial one I bought. The orginial one I bought was about $70 the correct one was $400. The auto store did not have the correct one listed as a replacement part. Until the number off of the part was keyed into the system and found out that it was just not the common replacement part.
SOURCE: Starter wiring messed up need help
there should be a large battery cable red going to the large terminal of the solenoid, another thin wire going to the flat blade connector which should go to the starter switch, The way to test the wires to find out which one is the ignition switch wire is to get someone to sit in the car and turn the ignition key as if to start it and you can use a simple test light to see which one goes on and off as the ignition switch is turned on and off.
There should be another wire that connects to the same terminal as the battery cable which goes to the altenator, about twice the size as the small wire is. If there are any more wires I am not sure where they will go to.
Hope that works for you
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