Thread: Series Starter Solenoid Question.

Originally Posted by 4bee

From images I have just seen on the Bay, access to the guts appears a tad formidable, the folded circumference rear appears to have been machine rolled onto the "tin can" body.

Many careful hacksaw cuts around the periphery may need to be done & then split open unless I can get a small charge of C4 into it.

Another Earth shattering update!

JD. on your advice I have decided to replace like for like for the reasons given by you . There are stacks of Start buttons out there to do the same job (ie. Flashy chrome & backlit etc) so I decided in the interests of trouble free motoring & originality I would change it to a "Genuine" After Market" one, as I didn't want to get stuck out in the middle of a dry paddock in Summer or anywhere else for that matter.


Could not undo the Knob fixing so brought in the big guns & angle ground the knob off so I could remove the switch from the firewall. Maybe I had used Loctite back then?

Then I discovered the black knob doesn't come with a new switch, (WTF! ) so searched the shed where I had a rough idea it had disappeared to. (Read, where i had tossed it)

Then I couldn't remove the cut thread that was left behind so WD40 overnight & then found I couldn't get pliers or pincers on to the remaining thread.

In a Light Bulb moment I used a pair of Cable Strippers with 2 pointy prongs on each arm & that was able to get a good grip so a few turns back & forth & good olde WD had done it's job & the thread came out fine.
Found a small tin of Gloss Black Enamel that had stood on the shelf for aprox 30 years which was still fluid & usable (quality paint in those days) so gave the black knob a dip & now will wait for a new switch.


Phewwwwww, what was the question?

Thanks for the suggestion, I did ponder that, albeit for a couple of milli seconds & wondered if there was such a thing these days as 'Magic Araldite'.

Decided not to repair.