Solenoid Chaos and a Bruised Leg

davisbm2 · 11-10-2018, 09:36 PM

I had to replace my starter solenoid, so I ordered a Chinese one off EBay for $6.

It didn’t have a fuse like the one on the Hawk so I recycled the fuse assembly from he previous solenoid and wired in the new Chinese solenoid.

It worked! Started fine 4 times, then nothing. I rechecked everything, all good. I can start it by jumping the solenoid with a screwdriver so I know it’s not the starter or the cutoff switch. When I press the ignition button I can hear the solenoid push the internal spring but nothing happens.

So what killed the solenoid? Why did it work 4 times and then die? I don’t know much about solenoids, are they easy to kill somehow?

I’m real tired of kickstarting, my foot slipped the last time I started it and I left a good amount of skin on the kickstart lever...

11-10-2018, 09:36 PM	#1
davisbm2 Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 54	Solenoid Chaos and a Bruised Leg I had to replace my starter solenoid, so I ordered a Chinese one off EBay for $6. It didn’t have a fuse like the one on the Hawk so I recycled the fuse assembly from he previous solenoid and wired in the new Chinese solenoid. It worked! Started fine 4 times, then nothing. I rechecked everything, all good. I can start it by jumping the solenoid with a screwdriver so I know it’s not the starter or the cutoff switch. When I press the ignition button I can hear the solenoid push the internal spring but nothing happens. So what killed the solenoid? Why did it work 4 times and then die? I don’t know much about solenoids, are they easy to kill somehow? I’m real tired of kickstarting, my foot slipped the last time I started it and I left a good amount of skin on the kickstart lever...
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