I have a friend with starting problems, and it sounds like it might be the solenoid. Haven't actually climbed under and done any testing yet, as like for many of us, I am afraid of freezing my butt to the garage floor, but I would like to know the options for him when the time comes. I don't see any solenoids on the vendor web pages, just titanic prices on starters! Yikes :-) What do we do when the solenoid is bad? Rebuild. Find a junk yard? Buy a big hammer? On a related, but somewhat different topic: I tried searching the archives for past threads on starter problems, but you know what? There are so many repetitions of the same paragraphs from not snipping the replies, that the flow of the threads is not there, and its really quite difficult to find your way through the real info, as you find yourself reading the same paragraphs/text dozen times. I know asking for editing the replies is just usually just ignored, or excused. I makes me crazy because I read the digest mode, but the real reason we ought to snip the replies lies in the archvies. They are huge, and a treasure filled with priceless information, but its getting harder and harder to use it because of the redundant text. Just my opinion. Hope no one minds me saying it 'out loud' Thanks for any solenoid advice. John |
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