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Okay. I think I have it wired correctly. At least according to a 7-year old thread on TalkCobra.com. Now I just have to get my butt outside during the weekend and siphon the now 2.5 year old gas out of that car. Then start prepping her for another 1st start attempt.
Here is a picture of a “ soft start Delco starter” that we use on our medium duty International trucks. It has a double solenoid setup to lower the load needed to engage the starter. It takes very little load to engage the top solenoid, this engages the main solenoid that strokes the drive and then spins the starter motor. You are doing the same thing with the first solenoid mounted to the fender. This way a small wire with little load can engage a high amp load starter easily.
Slightly off topic, but did older vehicles have fender mounted starter solenoids because back in the day, they were mechanical and not integrated into the starter?
Older starters that used fender mounted solenoids worked a couple different ways. The starter on an old Y-block Ford I had used centrifugal force to spin the drive into the flywheel. The starters on 60s Fords used electro magnetic force to engage the drive then spin the motor once energized by the fender mounted solenoid.
So whilst accepting a delivery at work yesterday, somebody in our business park had an electric SUV that sounded like the cycles in Tron. I couldn't make out the model and make, but whoever figured out how to make that SUV sound like that is a genius! I would buy any electric vehicle that sounds like that in a heartbeat.
Honestly, I realized over 20 years ago that an electric vehicle of any sort would be ideal for my daily commuting. I came to that conclusion whilst sitting in traffic one day on my way back from work. My Malibu was thumping away (mild 350 cam in the stock 305cu.in engine) as I was waiting in the toll line; I thought to myself "what is the use of making any kind of power when I spend most of my commute sitting in traffic?" If I had property and a small garage, I would build an electric vehicle for daily driving. Then get a classic 4x4 of sorts for weekend cruising and driving in bad weather.
In spite of my horrible sinuses and a minor migraine yesterday; I managed to get outside and clean the yard a little. While I was out back, I sucked 5 gallons of fuel out of the Crown Vic. I also turned the 351W over with a ratchet. I am very relieved that the engine didn't sieze up. I have to find or buy a couple more gas cans to suck the rest of the fuel out of the tank. Not sure what to do with the old fuel. Perhaps I will slowly add it to each tank of gas (before I fill it up with fresh fuel) in the Grand Marquis. After I get the Crown Vic running, I will clean the engine off. Dust, dirt, and condensation have built up and make the engine bay look like the rest of the car :-/
I do not recommend running old gas in anything. I have killed a couple fuel pumps with old fuel, one gas and one Diesel. We can mix 10% gas with our waste oil and the recyclers will take it.
