Wizzrd1001@aol.com writes:
> I'm having some REAL bad problems with my starter/solenoid. After having it
> die twice today, once at McD's and once at my friends house,
"die"? I usually translate "die" as "cease running due to a fault". If
you turn it off with the key (like normal), that's not dying.
Since we're discussing the starter, I'm assuming that you turned it off
normally and could not start it again with the key. I've been having
this problem off and on lately, but I've been able to start the car
after "coaxing" the solenoid with repeated twists of the key.
> Actually, my real reason for writing is
> to find out if anyone has a spare solenoid laying around because I believe
> the solenoid is shot.
Try removing it and cleaning it. I have a hazy memory of disassembling
an '84 VW starter once, thinking that the solenoid was "shot", only to
find that it was just very dirty. Cheap fixes are the best!
--
Todd "Yes, I'm an ex-VW owner" Mullins
Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast
'74 MGB Tourer with intermittently intermittent starter solenoid
That's me at the corner.
That's me at the stoplight,
Losing my transmission...
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