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ChadTower:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 12, 2008, 06:53:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on January 11, 2008, 09:05:20 pm ---One other possibility (in addition to the many that others have given) is to run the gearshift through and back into Park to make sure it's definitely in Park.

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Oh man, that one got me once.  Very embarrassing!

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I called AAA a couple of years ago because of a transmission problem... the guy shows up, twists the shifter button about 30 degrees clockwise, and the problem goes away.  The stupid twenty five cent plastic button broke off a little piece and wasn't pressing the safety on the shifter rod anymore but you couldn't see it.  The button was still moving normally.

 :banghead: :banghead:

lanman31337:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on January 16, 2008, 05:00:25 am ---
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on January 14, 2008, 11:11:06 pm ---Just to clarify....

The fender mounted style units on Fords and such are actually relays.
A relay just connects or dis-connects main battery power from the starter motor.

There is still a solenoid mounted on the starter to engage the bendix drive and pinion gear to the flywheel in order to turn the motor. (mounted to the starter itself)
A solenoid is simply an electromagnetic plunger to push or pull a mechanical device.

Other vehicles incorporate both the relay and the solenoid into the same unit. Those will always be mounted directly to the starter. When the solenoid is engaged, contacts on the rear of the solenoid make contact and act as the relay portion all at the same time.


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you are correct, but the ford style are often referred to as 'solenoids' simply because they are nearly as big as one, and it helps differentiate them from 'normal' relays. this has no bearing on paiges car, but the fords with the seperate relay/solenoid use a 'clapper' starter, which doesnt have a solenoid as such. it cleverly uses one of the pole shoes of the starter to engage the pinion. basically part of the starter is also the solenoid! its all very clever but the drawback is that if the battery isnt well charged, there isnt enough energy to engage the pinion...

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Exactly.  My Jeeps never had a separate solenoid on the starter itself, just the main power lug that went to the solenoid.

paigeoliver:
Just to update. I ended up having a mechanic track it down after getting stranded again, apparently the connection at the starter itself was doing something strange under certain weather conditions and was causing all the problems. The mechanic (real old guy who has owned the shop in my neighborhood since before I was born) said it was really weird and he almost never sees anything like that.

I would have never found it on my own.

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