[DeTomaso] Longacre 3 Terminal Starter Solenoid

[Guido DeTomaso]

Went through this on e-mail with a guy that used to be on the list, he has a
Courier pickup with a 302, forget his name now.  But he sent me a Ford
wiring diagram that showed BOTH the solenoid start signal AND the ballast
resist bypass hooked up to the ONE small terminal on solenoid  IIRC.
Apparently someone at Ford figured out that there wasn't enough power
available at the ballast resistor to keep the solenoid closed, as you would
expect to have happen.  And one less terminal saves $$$.

But, I chickened out and never tried it.  Mystery 302 Courier truck guy's
old e-mail might be on my other computer, I'll check but it would be easier
to find if someone else remembers his NAME  :-)

GD

----- Original Message -----
From: <SOBill at aol.com>
To: <forestg at att.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; <PersoCaddy at aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Longacre 3 Terminal Starter Solenoid


>
>
> In a message dated 7/1/2006 9:53:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> forestg at att.net writes:
>
> Bill,
> Connecting the ballast bypass to the same terminal as the  starter means
that
> there will be a constant voltage being fed to the starter  whenever the
> ignition switch is on. It will be less than 12 volts due to  having been
through
> the resister first. Maybe a diode installed to allow  current to flow only
one
> way?
> Forest
>
>
> Forest,
>
> OOPS! You are so right.
>
> Thanks for catching that.
>
> The Longacre starter 3 terminal solenoid should only be  used on cars
which
> do not need a ballast resistance bypass when starting the  engine.
>
> Sorry about that. Brain in neutral problem.
>
> SOBill  Taylor
> sobill at aol.com
>
>
>
> SOBill  Taylor
> sobill at aol.com
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