solenoid

[justjim]

i put a new 6 volt solenoid on my 8n that has be converted to 12 volt , but still just clicks when i try to start it?
any suggestions?thanks

 

[R Geiger]

Make sure battery is charged and all the able connections are clean. Both ends of both cables.

 

[Dell (WA)]

justjim........the 8N solenoid is a 3-terminal starter motor mounted device where the little middle terminal must face the engine block. The solenoid actuation wire is snaked thru the bottom of the dashboard (where you can kick-it with yer #13 brogans) and is grounded by the BIG thumb BUTTON by the tranny shifter. While it is rare that the BIG thumb button has grounding issues inside the tranny top, it has been known to happen. Iff'n you decide you just haffta remove the tranny top plate, watch fer things that go "sproing". Me? I bettcha gottz yer solenoid mounted bassackwards. Remember, yer tranny has gotta be in NEUTRAL and key ON, and 2-turns on yer glass wheel to start yer engine. Surprizingly enuff, the OEM 6-volt solenoid lives quite well on 12-volts. ........Dell a 12V advocate for the right reasons

 

[justjim]

yea iv got it mounted right

 

[souNdguy]

6v should run fine on 12v.

double check bat ground conenctions and all cables.


if that fails, disconnect starter from solenoid and see if pressing start button makes starter terminal hot ( use test lamp ).

if yes.. check starter

 

[Randy-PA]

You may need to polish up the mating surface between the starter and bell housing. Remember...Clean, Bright, and Tight!

 

[Joein MS]

JustJim, I ran into this problem here while back,
I didn't want to pull the starter
check mate surface (time wise), I was needing to use My N

I backed out one of my starter bolts, used a #8 or 10 wire
ran it from the starter bolt to ground on my battery
tightened starter bolt and battery bolt
turned on key and Pressed my starter button , She fired right up

I knew then, I had a bad ground
hope You get it running

 

[36 Coupe]

This idea sounds good but there are 2 more joints that would have to be polished up.They are made up of different metal to boot.I think the starter bolts carry most of the ground current to the brush plate.You should be able to measure volt drop across the starter to block junction if the polishing up idea was true.You can find bad battery cable connection and switches and poor grounds by measuring voltage drop.

 

[justjim]

thats what it was, i backed out 1 of the starter bolts about 1 turn and it started, bad ground, thanks to all and to joein ms

 

[Royse]

(quoted from post at 22:38:33 09/27/13) thats what it was, i backed out 1 of the starter bolts about 1 turn and it started, bad ground, thanks to all and to joein ms

What did you do to fix the connection?
If you leave that bolt loose, or connect a small wire and rely on
that, you will soon be seeing smoke from that bad connection.