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Long time no post... Put the Fergies on hold for awhile and coaching my little on in softball.
Question: can a starter solinoid be tested to see if its good or bad.
On my ol volter, I was getting the click click for several months the one click and not nothing. Battery is up and connections have been check.
Bought a new 6v. solinoid, different physical appearance, and not I get NOTHING. -no click no nothing. I have battery cable going to post labled "battery". question 1. can I reverse the battery and starter leads to see if that makes any difference? question 2. should there be any voltage across solinoid with key off? I get 7v. across solinoid posts with key on or off (no change.) I just wonder if I have a bad solinoid from Flea Bay? Old solinoid has obvious rattle when I shake it...but appears to be solid old American piece. Does the solinoid need to be grounded (about the only thing I didnt do was clean the mounting location of solinoid. I guess im stumped I dont even get a click.
Many thanks, Mark
 
(quoted from post at 03:12:18 08/29/14) Long time no post... Put the Fergies on hold for awhile and coaching my little on in softball.
Question: can a starter solinoid be tested to see if its good or bad.
On my ol volter, I was getting the click click for several months the one click and not nothing. Battery is up and connections have been check.
Bought a new 6v. solinoid, different physical appearance, and not I get NOTHING. -no click no nothing. I have battery cable going to post labled "battery". question 1. can I reverse the battery and starter leads to see if that makes any difference? question 2. should there be any voltage across solinoid with key off? I get 7v. across solinoid posts with key on or off (no change.) I just wonder if I have a bad solinoid from Flea Bay? Old solinoid has obvious rattle when I shake it...but appears to be solid old American piece. Does the solinoid need to be grounded (about the only thing I didnt do was clean the mounting location of solinoid. I guess im stumped I dont even get a click.
Many thanks, Mark
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What are you working on as in what kind of Ferguson is it? Most solenoids have 3 connections that make it work, a cable from the battery,a cable to the starter,and the small wire that comes from the starter button or switch. When you try to crank it see if that small wire has voltage on it. If it doesn't then your problem is in the button or switch. With the tractor out of gear take a pair of pliers or something similar and touch the post on the solenoid that has the cable coming from the battery,then touch the post with the cable running to the starter. If the starter doesnt turn over then you have other problems like a bad starter,bad battery,etc...
 
Make sure all connections are clean , and tight . Make sure the connectors are not corroded insid of them . I just went thru a starter problem on a boat . The connector on the ground wire , at the battery was internaly corrroded . Ground would break down under load . Solenoid would go clickety click , like it was bad .
 
"I have battery cable going to post labled "battery".

That would indicate a Ford solenoid that supplies power at the Battery post on the solenoid and internal coil activates by grounding the small post.

According to diagrams some Ferguson Solenoids activate by supplying power through start switch to small post and internal coil grounds to solenoid case.

You may have the wrong solenoid.
 
Thanks guys. Jason, thanks a bunce. It is to35 and does start on the first crank when I use a jumper battery and jump right on the starter. I wondered if I could jump the two posts without doing damage. My solinoid does have the 3 connection posts: 2 large ones (for battery cable and starter cable-along with smaller gauge wire coming from neutral safety switch. My concern is don"t even get a CLICK. I will see if I get voltage while pushing the starter button in. Is it correct to have 7v. across the large posts at ALL times? (in other words with key off and on?)
I"m stumped because until the other one went out....she started wonderfully. All I did was replace unit...and now NOTHING.
I will DOUBLE check all connections again and clean the mounting surface where the unit actually gets its ground.
Thanks again fellas.
Mark
 
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