For those of you unfamiliar with snow... the Western Plows used Ford
starters and utilized a continuous duty solenoid.... cost more but work for
ever (in cars) my plow eats one every year
http://www.plowpartsdirect.com/western-parts/unimount/electrical-parts/solenoid-motor-relay.html
<http://www.plowpartsdirect.com/western-parts/unimount/electrical-parts/solenoid-motor-relay.html>NAPA
stock continuous duty ones too but when I looked were impossible to find in
their on line system... you have to ask at the desk
Frank
Minneapolis
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:51 AM, Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
> that once happened to me (when I shipped the car to England). the
> solenoid would stick open. a sharp tap would free it up. soon it
> packed up totally and I put a new solenoid in.
>
> hope you'll get an optima battery this time!
>
>
> On Monday, August 16, 2010, Jim <jim@island.net> wrote:
> > I had a bit of a problem with the Tiger today.... Went to an English car
> > club show... an hour's drive... no problem. Backed the car in to a spot
> on
> > the grass and shut it down. About 15 min. later someone suggested that I
> > should be parked in a different spot... hopped in... turned the key to
> > 'start' and 'click' ... turned it again and... nothing... not even
> enough
> > to power the 'gen.' light !! Popped the trunk and about 3 of the cells on
> > the battery were literally boiling over ! I decided at that point that
> the
> > battery was cooked... for now or possibly forever... so I decided to
> leave
> > it alone and enjoy the show for the meantime.... I knew there was a
> parts
> > store very nearby so about an hour before the show ended I went over and
> got
> > a new battery . I got back and proceeded to install it, key OFF and
> > (luckily) in neutral. I hooked up the pos. terminal... and then as I
> touched
> > the neg. there was a big spark!... Hmmmm.... stuck it on there again and
> the
> > engine turned over and started !! Yikes !! So...to get me home, I took
> the
> > bat. cable and brown wire off the solenoid... put a bolt through them and
> > taped them up... push started the car..( key 'on' ). and drove it home.
> I
> > haven't had a chance to put the Volt/ohm meter on anything yet but it's
> got
> > to be the ign. switch or the solenoid... at least I think so... not much
> > else there...
> >
> > Any guesses? Or has it ever happened to anyone??
> >
> > I'll start checking first thing in the morning but any input is more than
> > welcome and greatly appreciated...
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim... up the creek without a (functioning)starter.... in Canada
> >
> > B382000446
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