Mike Armstrong
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My SV still has its original solenoid. The other day when I turned the key nothing happened (well, the electric fuel pumped ran, good battery charge and connections) so from owning previous vehicles the have had this symptom I smacked the solenoid, tried it again and it the starter kicked right over.
I was thinking that that solenoid is so old it probably needs to be replaced. But then again, with good connections and battery power don't most solenoid either work or they don't? I'm wondering if it's just a bad ground. Looking at the SV wiring diagram I don't see an obvious ground connection (wire). Does that mean the body of the solenoid is ground to the chassis via its firewall screws/bolts?
If so, that'd be a good source for it being dead (at times).
I was thinking that that solenoid is so old it probably needs to be replaced. But then again, with good connections and battery power don't most solenoid either work or they don't? I'm wondering if it's just a bad ground. Looking at the SV wiring diagram I don't see an obvious ground connection (wire). Does that mean the body of the solenoid is ground to the chassis via its firewall screws/bolts?
If so, that'd be a good source for it being dead (at times).