[DeTomaso] starter electrical system problem

[Pantdino]

Ok, for my education:

Two things have to happen when you engage a starter motor:

1) the starter motor gear has to be engaged in the teeth of the flywheel
2) the starter motor has to turn

AFAIK the starter motor is not engaged all the time with the flywheel. 
So what are you calling the thing that moves the starter motor gear out to engage the flywheel if its not a solenoid?


-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; jeffcobb1 <jeffcobb1 at me.com>; boyd411 <boyd411 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sun, Sep 22, 2013 11:06 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] starter electrical system problem



In a message dated 9/22/13 10 30 32, pantdino at aol.com writes:



The relay is on the firewall, while the solenoid is that big bump on the starter motor.
No?



>>>No.   At least, No if you have a standard Ford starter.   A solenoid is a relay on steroids, and in a stock Pantera setup, the solenoid is on the firewall.

>From Wikipedia:

"... a solenoid switch, which is a specific type of relay that internally uses an electromechanical solenoid to operate an electrical switch; for example, an automobile starter solenoid, or a linear solenoid, which is an electromechanical solenoid."

Modern starters incorporate the solenoid onto the starter itself.   Some people will keep the stock Ford solenoid on the firewall and just use it as a trigger to actuate the solenoid on the aftermarket starter.

If you have a stock Ford starter, that big bump is...a big bump.   I honestly don't know what it is.   But it ain't the solenoid.

Mike