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Solenoid - Is there a difference btwn 1275 & 1500

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Thor

Thor

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My 1500 solenoid seems to be giving out. I turn the key and nothing happens but if I go out and jiggle the solenoid I can get the starter to kick in. So this leads me to the question. Can I use a solenoid from a 1275?

I noticed that the part numbers are different in the Moss catalog but is there any electrical or mechanical reason I couldn't. I've got a 1275 as a parts car out back and it would save me a few $.

Thanks.
 
First, be sure it isn't just an external, bad connection.

Second, almost certainly you can use the 1275 solenoid, or one from virtually any other car. They're just not critical. As long as it runs off of 12V, and will handle the starter current (it almost certainly will), you're good to go.
 
Any 60's thru mid 80's Ford solenoid will do the same job but for lots less.
Bill
 
I've heard the Ford solenoid suggestion before from several people. Bill... are there any specific models to ask for? (i.e. Is one model's or year's solenoid more readily available or better? )
 
If I recall correctly there is only one model that started everything from a '63 Falcon to the '87 Fairmont, not positive but pretty sure. In any case if it will pass enough current to start a 6 or 8 cylinder it should start a 4 banger!
Bill
 
Really any 12-v solenoid will work. Mines got a Golf Car relay in it, well come to think about it theres about a dozen golf car parts stuck in there. Just go ask for a uiveral basic style 12-v ford solenoid. Problem as we all know you have to ask the right parts guy at the right parts store. Many of teh stores around here have people working in them that have never changed there own oil. (it should be a pre-requisit)
 
blkcorvair said:
Problem as we all know you have to ask the right parts guy at the right parts store. Many of teh stores around here have people working in them that have never changed there own oil. (it should be a pre-requisit)
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Boy isn't that the truth! That's why I figured it would help to know a specific model to ask about/for. I'm 99% certain the counter guys won't be able to handle this.

SIDEBAR: My Mini has a transplanted Hitachi distributor from a 1.6L inline Nissan. After I had the carbon center button in a generic dizzy cap stick I went to the Nissan dealer to get the factory part. The guy at the counter asked me for the car's VIN number. I told him I had no idea since I didn't have the dizzy in a Nissan. That stunned him. Then when I insisted they must be able to just sell me one that fit (quoting him the dizzy model number) he said... "no, without the VIN I can't help you. There are 7 possible caps and 5 rotors". The fact that there were not the same number of each should have told him that the caps were pretty much all the same. Instead, he advised me to go to Advance Auto and get a replacement. Aaarghh.
 
Jerk, lots of them seem to get counter jobs.
 
I feel your frustration. My local Nissan guy is the same way. I needed a belt. A belt! and the lazy guy behind the counter says. I need the vin number. I work in a parts dept enough to know that a 2005 Pathfinder may have two belts but not 20! Needless to say I dont shop there anymore. Even with the truck in the Parking lot I refuse to get him the Vin and drove twenty miles to the Nissan dealer I generally use. "Can I have a belt for a 2005 Pathfinder?" -"Sure, here you go." "How about a tensioner pulley?" "Yep no problem, and here is the factory bulletin regarding changing that pulley." Wow thanks...
Fact is I have someone that works with me that does this to customers to unfortunatally. And he only asks for Vin numbers when he doesnt feel like doing a bit of leg work to look up what may be 1 of 2 parts..... Again Aaaargh!!! Now you got me started. I can ramble about these situations all day! Thats why I look to online websites and find my own part numbers before I go to the store. "No it didnt come on a Midget, Yes that is the wrong part, but I want it anyway because I know it will fit... go change your oil."
 
I needed a John Deere part one day, to be used in a non-Deere application. I walked in to the local dealer armed with the correct JD part number, and the schmuck behind the counter wouldn't give it to me without the model number of the Deere application!
This place was so screwed up that the owners two sons quit and went to work elsewhere.
The <u>new</u> owners are much nicer to deal with. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
I've got the run of my local NAPA, so I just look my own stuff up. But, everybody there will bend over backward to help me if I get stuck.
This thread has drifted more than the snow in a Minnesota blizzard! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/yesnod.gif
Jeff
 
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