What I don't get, is the car obviously was startable before all this. Unless you manhandled it while doing your repairs, it should still have started. I guess I have no room to talk tho. My starter also was fine before and toast after for no apparent reason. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Travis Goodwin <tgoodwin@xxxx> wrote: > Or copper, hard to tell what it may be. > > I made some great progress on my days off: > > http://tg2.vantagep.com/engine/heads.php?page=22 > http://tg2.vantagep.com/engine/exhaust.php?page=30 > > Everything was going fine. I said a prayer over the engine and went to start > the car. *click* Nothing. > > I tested voltages at the battery: a solid 12V. I tested voltages at the > started. Everything was working. So, I disconnected the starter and tested > it using jumper cables. It tested fine too. > > So, I tore into the solenoid and discovered the root of my problem. > > http://tg2.vantagep.com/solenoid.jpg > > The plunger plated was in such bad shape that it could not make a solid > connection with the solenoid body, so the voltage supplied by the ballast > resistor was going nowhere. Testing a solenoid the way the D manual suggests > will not indicate this type of fault. > > After the mounds of cash I've spent on these past two projects I'd like to > just fix this without buying a brand new $90 solenoid. Anyone had experience > fixing this little item? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595053/R=0/SIG=124gf29oe/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595053> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595053/rand=838180204> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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