In my past life I have rebuilt, honestly, hundreds of these. First, those
solenoids are just a coil and a plunger that has a little rubber seat. That
seat does wear out, but it has thousands and thousands of duty cycles before
it wears out.
The solenoid is either energized or non-energized. So, I don't know why the
lock would effect it at all. When the door is down, all the solenoids are
unenergized and default closed. When the up is switched, that solenoid is
energized and lets air into the cylinder -- the down solenoid is still
closed. When the down is pushed, the down is energized and lets the air in
the cylinder escape.
As to rebuilding the solenoid, they come apart real easily -- depending on
the exact style just take the coil off and unscrew the housing. Clean it up
and lube with ATF. Rebuild kits are available at industrial supply stores,
but again it would be very unusual for it to be worn out. Kim
>Sandy asked me to post this for him. Anyone ever field stripped an air
>solenoid in the air door system?
> >John,
> >Can you post a problem on the mailing list. When the drivers door is
> >closed, air is still slipping through the solenoid on the air panel to
>raise
> >it up. It is stopped by the lock but there is something wrong with the
> >solenoid.
> >My guess is that it needs to be cleaned out and that dirt got in the seal
> >"o" ring.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Sandy
>
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>
>John
>
>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
> 48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1109)
>71 Saab Sonett III (71500840) 75 Bricklin SV1 (0887) 77 Spitfire
>
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