re: #193 thedopefishlives

Heh, this engine is a Ford small-block. The “solenoid” is mounted on the fender; I have a replacement sitting out in the garage. Those particular devices are notoriously unreliable and I know the one in the car is bad; I jumped it and the battery drew current, but the engine still didn’t turn over. and yes, I know it’s not the engine that’s locked up because I spun it by hand.

That’s one of my many pet peeves—they call that starter relay on the inner fender a “solenoid”. Who are they kidding?

My old Fairlane was a real trip—you needed a flex ratchet and two long extensions to get at the top starter bolt, but it was difficult to push hard enough to loosen it because of Ford’s tapered bolt heads that they were going to bring out a special set of sockets for but…they never got around to it.