OD solenoid


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By iowa fords - 13 Years Ago
I am getting ready to install the 3 speed with OD and thought I would check out the solenoid by attaching a hot wire to it. Well it moves, but only moves about 1/16 of an inch.  How far is it suppose to move?
By Ted - 13 Years Ago

Someone else can chime in here but without actually taking a ‘good’ solenoid and testing it, I’m going to say at least a ¼ inch of travel and 3/8” sounds better.

By pegleg - 13 Years Ago
YUP
By bergmanj - 13 Years Ago
Iowa,

IF I recall correctly, about 3/8" sounds right.

Regards,   JLB

By DANIEL TINDER - 13 Years Ago
More importantly, how far does it move against the kind of mechanical resistance it encounters when installed? I had to build a special bench-test jig for 6V solenoids in order to select ones that would perform reliably in actual service. I also suspect a lot of NOS units are floating around that were originally defective, but merely got returned to the shelf instead of the manufacturer when they wouldn't work properly.
By bergmanj - 13 Years Ago
Iowa,

It should be added that (at least the ones on which I have worked) the pall out of the solenoid is spring-loaded so that it can "spring" into the next available notch when rotating.

Regards,   JLB

By bergmanj - 13 Years Ago
By "rotating", I mean the geartrain rotating.   JLB