Re: Help II

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199808130307.XAA53344@pilot008.cl.msu.edu> "Shane Allen Snyder" writes:

> OK, several people were kind enough to offer me some advice on why the starter
> would not start (and no selenoid "click") on my 86 4kcsq.  A few people
> diagnosed this perfectly.  The braided wire that runs from the selenoid to the
> starter was corroded to the point of disintegration.  Now I have about an inch
> of wire that looks OK coming from the starter, but will not reach the selenoid.
>  ANyone know how to patch this???

Officially, it's irreparable.  Unofficially, I once stripped the braid
out of a foot of so of TV antenna cable and folded it up to the right
cross section.  I seem to remember having to cut the old braid out of the
post on the field windings by cutting a slot down with a hacksaw.
Pretty heavy soldering job.  We ran the car for six or seven years after
that before selling it.

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