Re: Ford solenoid instructions

[Darrel Kline <darrelk@domain.elided>]

>Darrel,
>Very well done explanation. As you can see, I didn't go to the trouble to 
>spell it out as you did, and probably couldn't have done it as well as 
>you did. I offered, instead, to send him more information as he needed 
>it. Lazy this morning!
>
>Just a point in passing, do the rest of you realize how hard it is to buy 
>yellow 5/16 ths ring terminals. Wow, I wonder why?
>
>Anyway, good job, Darrel.
>
>John H.

John,
Thanks for the kind words. But you're too modest, you provided a much
better explanation of why the remote solenoid works so well:

>The Delco has to be left in place 
>because it engages the starter by pushing the drive gear into the 
>flywheel. So you wire the Ford so that when it activates, it supplys 
>current directly to the starter and also engages the Delco electromagnet. 

I went to 3 different stores before I found the 5/16's terminals. Most only
carried the 3/8" size.

Darrel Kline
Colorado Springs, CO
1980 Scout