Awesome work. Always good to see people working on their own stuff and not just buying the new part. It's a dying mindset. I might've missed it, but what'd it cost to rebuild?
One item you should check and they do not tell you is when you install the new contacts for the plunger Is to put a straight edge across the top of the solenoid housing and measure the distance down to the edge of the contacts where solenoid plunger contacts it. The reason being is that the contact bends are not equal as they are a stamped bend and with that being so the plunger contacts the higher contact firmly but does not provide a good contact on the slightly lower one causing deeper pitting as the voltage is arking from plunger to contact. I usually have to remove the contacts several times until I get the both of them to the same depth. What you have done will work but the wear on the larger depth contact will be accelerated
@@DevilDog59 Thanks for that headsup. Hoping I wont need to take the starter motor out ever again ( leave it for the next owner :D ) but will take that into consideration . So you shave down or bend the contact that is too high ? When i did what the manual said and put the plunger in without the springs it felt seated but of course I couldnt see for sure.
@@theobviouschicken all you have to do is slightly tap it with a hammer at the bend. They are not both equal to a 90 degree bend. Do not remove any material. Just passing on some tribal knowledge.
Awesome work. Always good to see people working on their own stuff and not just buying the new part. It's a dying mindset.
I might've missed it, but what'd it cost to rebuild?
Approx 280 AUD all said and done. And about 1 extra year of my life when I thought I had broken it all ! thanks for watching
One item you should check and they do not tell you is when you install the new contacts for the plunger Is to put a straight edge across the top of the solenoid housing and measure the distance down to the edge of the contacts where solenoid plunger contacts it. The reason being is that the contact bends are not equal as they are a stamped bend and with that being so the plunger contacts the higher contact firmly but does not provide a good contact on the slightly lower one causing deeper pitting as the voltage is arking from plunger to contact. I usually have to remove the contacts several times until I get the both of them to the same depth. What you have done will work but the wear on the larger depth contact will be accelerated
@@DevilDog59 Thanks for that headsup. Hoping I wont need to take the starter motor out ever again ( leave it for the next owner :D ) but will take that into consideration . So you shave down or bend the contact that is too high ? When i did what the manual said and put the plunger in without the springs it felt seated but of course I couldnt see for sure.
@@theobviouschicken all you have to do is slightly tap it with a hammer at the bend. They are not both equal to a 90 degree bend. Do not remove any material. Just passing on some tribal knowledge.