Get oud a dere.....
On Fri, 22 Aug 97, Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com> wrote:
>> Jim (and Stu),
>>
>> Although the ballast resistor may have disappeared along with the point
>> type ignition, there is no connection between that circuit and the
>> starter wiring. There are many after-market replacement solenoids for
>>
>> Steve
>
>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.
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>Roland
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