On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 18:14:41 -0500 Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Hm, relay... I thought that's what the solenoid was. Will have to poke > around under the hood in the relay boxes and see if there is one... It depends upon who designed the starter. Ford starters are (were) designed to throw the pinion gear into the ring gear by a helix and whatever mechanical system whenever the starter was energized and had external relays to switch the high-current connection from the battery. Mercedes starters are (were) designed to have an electrical solenoid bolted to the starter to lever the pinion gear into the ring gear. The electrical solenoid also has (had) a set of high-current contacts which made the high-current connection from the battery to energize the starter once the pinion gear was meshed with the ring gear. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
