> Randall <ryoung@navcomtech.com> wrote
>
> > And while we're on the subject, does anyone know of a source (or
> > substitute) for the rubber boot that seals the plunger ?
> >
> > Randall
>
> Way beck in the late 80's, the original rubber boot/seal on mine got torn
so
> I removed it. Never could find another.
>
> When I bought my new spare solenoid, it came with a new rubber boot on the
> plunger. It would pull up, but then it would stay jammed up !! This was
> because the new boot on the new solenoid doesn't have the flex bellows on
it
> like the original one had and it hangs up.
>
> So I removed the rubber boot seal.
>
> In all, with the old original as well as the new solenoid, I've driven
> 60,000 miles in 11 years with no rubber boot on the plunger. Never had a
> problem.
>
> Just make sure that the plunger stop that is cast into the aluminium
housing
> for the O/D is still there (sometimes they get knocked off dragging the
> gearbox across the shop floor) or else the plunger will fall out and you
> will never find it again in the middle of that 6-lane Freeway. If the
stop
> is gone, bolt on a bit of sheetmetal in the shape of an "L" to make sure
the
> plunger stays where it should.
>
> Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
> Montreal, Canada
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