I posted this on "What have you done to your Landie today" and thought here might also be appropriate.
3.5V8 ex Disco1 in a 90.
Having problems with the starter motor - more cranking than usual, sometimes just a click, sometimes nothing - and found the nut holding the cables to the stud was loose as was the solenoid which twisted round each start up until it snagged the wires and then cut out. I've tightened it up but my question is about the position of the solenoid.....
3.5V8 ex Disco1 in a 90.
Having problems with the starter motor - more cranking than usual, sometimes just a click, sometimes nothing - and found the nut holding the cables to the stud was loose as was the solenoid which twisted round each start up until it snagged the wires and then cut out. I've tightened it up but my question is about the position of the solenoid.....
Re the above, I tightened it all up and is now appears to be working properly.
However the solenoid moves on the starter motor body unless the nut on the end of the solenoid where the cables attach is fully tightened (red arrow).
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But the solenoid can be in a number of positions from 9-12 o/c as it were (yellow) until the nut is tightened.
My question does the position matter and if so what is best? The other day when I moved it during a roadside fix (didn't have a spanner to tighten it!) it was nearer 12 o/c and I'm sure it started quicker - 'whir-vroom' - than at 3 o/c which was more 'whir-whir-whir-vroom'!
Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.
