I replaced the solenoid last summer on my 65 Tiger. When I went to take
mine off, the nut on one of the big studs for the battery cable was frozen
and the stud started spinning rather than nut. With the wires in place, I
couldn't get at the nuts holding the solenoid in place (doesn't help that
you have to be in the passenger compartment, and the engine compartment at
the same time)
Rather than doing the easy thing which would have been cutting the bolts off
from the passenger side, I tried cutting the stud off that had the problem.
I either had a problem where I couldn't get the right angle or I was going
to cut into the cable, so I eventually settled for cutting the bracket on
the solenoid with my dremel. Couldn't really see what I was doing, but I
eventually got one side cut, and then with the wires I could remove out of
the way, I was able to get the other bolt out of it to remove it. With it
off the firewall, I had the room to carefully amputate the broken stud and
get that battery cable loose. Of course I managed to cut myself a couple
times on the remaining piece of the bracket that was on the firewall while I
removed that remaining bolt.
Those solenoids are carried by all the local part stores, I think I either
said old ford solenoid, And there are a couple of guys at the parts store
would have been able to just walk back and pull it off the shelf, but of
course the kid at the parts counter was new and needed a car model to look
it up, so I told him 65 Mustang, since I knew they were the same, it is
usually easier than explaining what a Tiger is. But I did feel bad that the
one I took off was an actual ford part c7XX-XXXX (technically wrong for a
65, but close) and the one I put on was an aftermarket without the ford part
number on it.
It is amazing, to replace the solenoid on my mustang of that era, would have
been about 15 minutes as it is mounted nice and high on the inside fender
well, but on the tiger, with all the problems I had, it took most of an
afternoon. I guess nothing is easy on the tiger :-)
Steve
> The solenoid is standard old Ford stuff. Probably the same as
> on every mid '60's Ford made.
> Same as on my '64 Falcon and a friend's Maverick. I got my
> replacement from a local parts store, a bunch of years back.
>
> You might want to check the tightness of the battery and starter
> connections to the solenoid, check for corrosion on the terminals, check
> that the "eyes" are solidly crimped onto these wires, etc. It might be
> as simple as that.
>
> Stu
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