I hopped into the car the other day for a routine start up but when I pressed the button it was met by a clunk and nothing else The battery had been on winter trickle charge so that was OK. When I looked underneath I was surprised to see that the end of the solenoid had parted company with the body. I have had many different cars with this type of solenoid and this has never happened before. There was no prior warning by way of diminished performance. There would have been real problems if it had happened anywhere else but the garage. It looks like the end plate is not that well secured anyway, but clearly corrosion of the aluminium had something to do with it. Fortunately classic replicas of near identical design are available, which include the rubber push button that sticks throughthe floor. My message is that there may be other life expired ones out there and it would be worth giving the solenoid close inspection.
Nick
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Re: Starter Solenoid.
Good advice. Jump leads could be used to start the car after making sure the cables were insulated.