[Mgs] Replacing the solenoid on a '77

[Monte/Jane Morris]

Hi Scott,
Yes, there should be a "rubber" cover  over the starter to prevent oil from
dripping on it. My 79B has one still on it. It is somewhat stubborn to get
it off before servicing the starter/solenoid, but I have removed it and
replaced it successfully.
Monte


On 9/15/07, Scott Bonacker <mgs at bonacker.us> wrote:
>
> Last night I removed the starter from my '77, but had to leave the
> solenoid
> dangling from the wires because all of the brown wires were stacked up on
> the live terminal with ring connectors and I couldn't get the nut off.
> I'll
> need to cut the wires then before I can reinstall the starter with the new
> solenoid.
>
> One question is whether I should put new ring connectors on all of the
> wires, or create a junction box so that only one wire (in addition to the
> battery cable) goes to the live post, or use the spade connectors that I
> think are generally used. The ring connectors have the advantage of being
> more secure against vibration or snagging, but the quantity of them on the
> one terminal is a tight fit.
>
> Also, there was a lot of oil in the old solenoid from having dripped off
> of
> the oil filter. I suspect that the reason the rubber dust excluder was
> badly
> deteriorated and softened was the presence of oil.
>
> The other question is whether there is some sort of shield that should be
> present to prevent this. The shop manual reprint that I bought before
> starting this mentions a 'plastic cover' to be removed before unbolting
> the
> starter. A scanned shop manual of older vintage does not mention the
> plastic
> cover. None of the diagrams or pictures show one. Should there be
> something
> like that?
>
> Tip: The removal instructions say to remove the top bolt first then go
> underneath for the rest of it. I found it very helpful to just loosen the
> top bolt first, and have an assistant on the topside to remove it after I
> had everything else ready. The assembly is heavy to hold one-handed while
> removing the bottom bolt.
>
>
> Scott Bonacker
> '77 '73 '65
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