[DeTomaso] starter electrical system problem

[Sean Korb]

The Bendix.

I'm out :)


On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:

>
> 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>
> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> 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
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