Re: When It Rains, It's Dead!

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 09:29  AM, Allan Ericson wrote:

> The fastest check is to jump the S terminal to the BAT terminal on the
> starter.
Absolutely.
> This is most easily done if you have wired the starter terminals to a 
> place
> where you can reach them. For this reason alone, the remote solenoid 
> fix is
> worth the trouble. The parts are under 12 bucks total, and it can be 
> done in
> less than an hour if you have hand tools and a way to mount the remote
> relay.
Absolutely again.  The Ford solenoid interrupts the wire from the S 
terminal on the solenoid. So you cut that wire and fasten both ends to  
the new solenoid.  I run a heavy wire from the battery to one of the 
big terminals on the new solenoid. The wire coming up from the S 
terminal goes to the other big terminal on the Ford solenoid.  The key 
end of the wire that came from the S terminal goes to the small 
terminal on the Ford solenoid.

Easy and quick. Besides that, it gives you a dandy source of battery 
power for other uses. As Ryan has said and Allan has indicated, the 
Delco solenoid fails to respond because of a weak signal from the 
ignition switch and the under-the-hood relay. In every case in my 
experience that weak solenoid is capable of activating the Ford 
solenoid, and it sends a strong signal to the Delco.

My phone number is 209-728-0841 and you are welcome to call me if you 
need help faster than by e-mail.

John