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Re: starter solonoid

To: cobra@cdc.hp.com
Subject: Re: starter solonoid
From: gary_winblad@juno.com (Gary A Winblad)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:11:55 -0700
On Fri, 22 Aug 97 11:22:29 PDT Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com> writes:
>
>I disagree Steve.  These old Ford starter solenoids have a relay in 
>them
>to bypasses the ballast resistor during starting.  I discovered this
>the hard way when I was having starting problems many years ago.  The
>starter solenoid part worked fine, but the ballast bypass didn't, 
>making
>the car really hard to start.  Replacing the solenoid unit fixed the
>problem.


Interesting..  I thought it was just a simple relay too but, when I put
it back in i found out it matters which wire goes to which side of the
coil...   BTW, I'm still on my original solenoid, its never given me a
bit of trouble.

Gary

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