RE: [doc] Help with non starter and frozen door.
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RE: [doc] Help with non starter and frozen door.



My solenoid was in exactly the same state as that picture.

Fortunately I had access to a lathe and was able to make a new pair of
contacts out of bronze.

If you have a local engineering company you may be able to get a couple
machined for less money than a new solenoid, just a thought.....

Rich H
DOC 365 VIN 1274



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Mc Auley [mailto:dmc4087@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 September 2004 3:25 PM
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] Help with non starter and frozen door.
>
> My solenoid is finished too. Twenty odd years and lots of cranking
seems
> to kill them.
>
> Thomas
>
> Daniel Shane <daniel.shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for all the help guys,
>
> I¹ve swapped out the relays and it was still the same.
>
> I¹ve tracked it back to I think the solenoid.  I took it apart,
cleaned it
> and refitted it back into the car and it fired up.  Tried it a few
times
> and
> it started up again.  Tried again and it now the same.  Looks like a
new
> solenoid or starter needed.
>
>
>
>
> On 7/9/04 2:30 pm, "chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >> > I was advised and rightly so that the battery should be charged
to
> >> > 12.66 and if this didn't hold then it could cause starter / other
> >> > problems ...which it really did on my car.... cant remember if it
was
> >> > 12.2 or 12.3 i was getting at the battery but anyway it was
> >> > kernackered.
> >
> > You need to put a load test on the battery to test it, best way is
to
> put a
> > multimeter across the battery and have someone try to start the car.
> Then see
> > what reading you get, if it drops quickly below 12v the battery is
at
> fault.
> >
> >
> > I doubt the starter is to blame, have you checked for the starter
> circuit
> > upgrade? It should have been done at the factory from Vin2548 but
worth
> going
> > over it... see
> > http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/starterfix.html
> > You can swap relay 10 with 11 to check the relay is OK (Relay 10 is
top
> row
> > 2nd in next to the red relay, 11 is the relay to the right)
> >
> >
> > Also try
> > http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/doorstuck.html
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
>
>
>
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