Topic: Original Starter Solenoid Rebuild?

[s2ms]

I know this has been discussed before either here or one of the other forums but can't find it at the moment....

Can an original FoMoCo starter solenoid be disassembled and rebuilt? If so, who can do it?

Thanks,
Dave

[J_Speegle]

Don;t know of anyone that has done it but if I was guessing I think that Max  @ AMK might have been doing them for a period before the reproductions started many years ago

[sah62]

I used Precision Power (http://precision-pwr.com/) to restore an original heavy duty starter solenoid.  They were the only company I could find that would/could restore this part, and they did so using original-style rivets so that it came out looking and working as good as new.  I recently heard that they're rates have gone up, but I'd still recommend talking to them if you have a date-coded part that no one else can fix

[J_Speegle]

I used Precision Power (http://precision-pwr.com/) to restore an original heavy duty starter solenoid.  They were the only company I could find that would/could restore this part, and they did so using original-style rivets so that it came out looking and working as good as new.  I recently heard that they're rates have gone up, but I'd still recommend talking to them if you have a date-coded part that no one else can fix

Scott will or could they do the regular style with the deep set rivet?

[sah62]

I don't know, Jeff.  I didn't ask.  I imagine they could if there's a source for the rivets.

[SCJSTU]

Scott, great info....can you post a pic?

BTW what is the correct numbers for a 428CJ car?

[J_Speegle]

Scott, great info....can you post a pic?

BTW what is the correct numbers for a 428CJ car?

All the HD ones from the period look to carry the engineering number C9AF-11450-A. Know of three different versions/styles, likely due to different providers or running changes.

Don't forget to look for a good date code while your at it.

As a mention keep an eye out form broken ones (the divider between the posts often get broken) with good numbers and date codes - if your rebuilding one, Then get a newer model and swap bases when you have one rebuilt.

Just a thought - I stopped throwing the broken ones away for this reason

[SCJSTU]

thanks guys...

[s2ms]

I used Precision Power (http://precision-pwr.com/) to restore an original heavy duty starter solenoid.  They were the only company I could find that would/could restore this part, and they did so using original-style rivets so that it came out looking and working as good as new.  I recently heard that they're rates have gone up, but I'd still recommend talking to them if you have a date-coded part that no one else can fix

Thanks for the info Scott. I just spoke with a guy at Precision Power and he said they still do it using OE style deep set rivets. Said the price would typically be $125-250 depending on how much needed to be done.