Well, with 50 miles to go to break the 200K mark, my van's starter solenoid
quit without warning.

Got into the van to take my son for some swimming lessons and got the
dreaded "click of death". Push start etc. Last evening I wrestled the
starter from the van (BTW starter spins ok as tested by bridging the two
large terminals on the solenoid).

Now I have the dubious pleasure of discovering whether these solenoids are
stocked in any of the local parts places.

I replaced the starter soon after I purchased the van back in '93 when the
van had about 90K miles on it. Once every 100k miles or so ain't too bad.

Alistair

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'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
albell@uvic.ca
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