How do you remove the solenoid?

[Blood_of_Tyrants]

Okay, I have a bad solenoid on my starter. I took the starter out and used a set of jumper cables to hook up the starter. When I shorted the Batt terminal to the big starter terminal, the motor spun, but when I shorted a screwdriver across the small starter terminal, it did nothing. Bad solenoid.

Now, I have removed solenoids in the past and I just took the two bolts off the sides of the solenoid and pulled it off, but this one is different. It comes out about 1/2" and stops. Is there a trick or is my solenoid stuck and needs to be pried out?

Also, is there a cheap alternative to the $200 replacement starter and the $85 solenoid?

 

[CCATLETT1984]

put the thing back together and take it to a starter shop, tell them its a 24v starter, should be $125 for a full rebuild.

 

[Blood_of_Tyrants]

All it needs is a solenoid and $125 is $40 more than the solenoid.

 

[rosco]

Sometime you can clean the contacts on the solenoid, and it will work for a long while. While its out, I would sure check the brushes & bushings in the starter.

Lee in Alaska

 

[Recovry4x4]

Once unbolted, rotate it.

 

[mangus580]

Lets step back a second.... when you hook up jumper cables, you are using 24v, right?