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Subject:question about terminals on starter/solenoid
From:Chris Stinson
Date:Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:59:44 -0400

My Bentley manual ("Editorial closing July 15, 1991) shows a
photograph of a solenoid (on p. 27.13) with 3 terminals (in addition
to "connection A" which is "for field wirings")... terminal 30 "from
battery", terminal 16 "to ignition coil", and terminal 50 "from
ignition/starter switch".

However, my starter/solenoid only has 2 of these 3 terminals...
terminal 30 and terminal 50 (which has two separate connectors
attached to it).

What happened to terminal 16??  Is my Bentley out of date?  Have I
been teleported to a perverse parallel universe (again... and I
*hate* it when this happens)?  Has a terminal fallen off??

Thanks.

Chris

1986 Vanagon GL "SLOW-VAN"
1986 Vanagon GL "SLWR-VAN"
1986 Vanagon GL with no license... just for parts... "Part-y Boy"

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