manic
16th September 2012, 05:13 PM
After sticking my starter to always on, dropping the ignition feed so it wouldn't start and a few episodes of shorting sparks I decided I better sort out my starter solenoid issues once and for.... some considerable time :D.
The main problem is that the live wire connection stud wobbles about and will not screw in tight. The second problem is the ignition spade does not go on tight. And the third is that there is a loose spade connection floating around the starter and exhaust manifold (partially melted)
The stud:
Attached a picture of the stud, the amount it can be pulled out is the space shown between the nut and the solenoid, you can see come blue loctite on thread. The nut it seized or locked on.
Does any one know how this stud is attached inside the solenoid? If it wobbles and has in and out play of a few cm's will it be loosing contact inside? Is it likely the stud has snapped or thread stripped? Can I glue it or thread lock it?
{picture 1}
The loose trigger wire: Difficult to fit round the back unless very small hand so reluctant to take it off and squish it with pliers to make tighter, because I'm likely to over squish and not get it back on. Length of wire is tight and only just gets over the pin so cutting it and putting a might shorten it too much. Is there an electrically conductive glue I can use or a better idea?
The spade connector without a home: Attached a pic of the loose spade, it comes out off the loom that runs along the back of the engine that contains the two twin brown wires that attach to the starter pin. This is a disco 200tdi in a LR90 2.5 Turbo Diesel.. so not sure if this part of loom is 2.5TD or 200tdi. Any ideas what it would have been for?
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The main problem is that the live wire connection stud wobbles about and will not screw in tight. The second problem is the ignition spade does not go on tight. And the third is that there is a loose spade connection floating around the starter and exhaust manifold (partially melted)
The stud:
Attached a picture of the stud, the amount it can be pulled out is the space shown between the nut and the solenoid, you can see come blue loctite on thread. The nut it seized or locked on.
Does any one know how this stud is attached inside the solenoid? If it wobbles and has in and out play of a few cm's will it be loosing contact inside? Is it likely the stud has snapped or thread stripped? Can I glue it or thread lock it?
{picture 1}
The loose trigger wire: Difficult to fit round the back unless very small hand so reluctant to take it off and squish it with pliers to make tighter, because I'm likely to over squish and not get it back on. Length of wire is tight and only just gets over the pin so cutting it and putting a might shorten it too much. Is there an electrically conductive glue I can use or a better idea?
The spade connector without a home: Attached a pic of the loose spade, it comes out off the loom that runs along the back of the engine that contains the two twin brown wires that attach to the starter pin. This is a disco 200tdi in a LR90 2.5 Turbo Diesel.. so not sure if this part of loom is 2.5TD or 200tdi. Any ideas what it would have been for?
{picture 3}