Date:         Fri, 17 May 2002 09:14:37 -0700
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      starter solenoid heads south
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Alistair,
        You earn credit for your thrifty and
ecological sound efforts but you should consider that
perhaps the starter as a whole is defective.   Often
times the reason the solenoid fails is because it is
being required to draw more current than it can
handle.
Replacing the part with a new solenoid may only put
off the problem that the starter is drawing too much
power.   I look at the solenoid as much as a fuse as a
switch.   If you have a used solenoid by all means
give it a shot but perhaps a new solenoid should be
hung on a new starter in the form of a rebuild.   I
hate doing a job twice.   Many happy starts, gary
--- Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:
> Gary,
>
> the starter came with the solenoid attached. I hope
> to god I can just
> replace the solenoid.
>
> I bench tested it again this morning. I found some
> socket head cap screws to
> fit and reassembled starter to the  solenoid (had to
> drill out original
> screws). Won't even click now. But if I remove the
> spring that is in the
> solenoid (goes between the plunger/piston and the
> brass switch at base of
> solenoid) then the system works. The spring
> functions, I think, to force the
> plunger back out which in turn, via the throw-out
> arm, tracts the bendix.
>
> I am assuming the winding in the solenoid have lost
> their ooomph and can't
> over come the spring tension.
>
> Alistair
>
>
> > From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
> > Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
> > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:21:38 -0700
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: starter solenoid heads south
> >
> > Alistair,
> > I have yet to replace the starter but I
> > thought in these times you get the solenoid with
> the
> > starter.   Has anyone bought a starter from ron or
> ken
> > and do they ship the solenoid  with the starter or
> is
> > that extra?   thanks gary
>


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