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Subject:Re: Syncro starter removal
From:Richard Jones
Date:Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:02:35 -0700

Alistair wrote:
> Also make sure the
> spade connector from ign to solenoid is on there good and tight. If I
> had the chance, i'd replace that terminal with a screw on connection.
> I found it most vexing when it came adrift on a trip this last
> summer, very awkward to re-attach on the road.

Syncro bro Bob and I strongly agree with this.  We spent over an
hour under his van in Maybell, Colorado--"conveniently located in the
middle of nowhere"--working to get his reattached.  Four hands and
a table knife and a pair of vice grips finally did it.

Richard