I did it from above, scraped my knuckles good :)

I had a short pigtail in my parts bag, with right angle female spade.
I got that end on the solenoid after an hour of trying.

Old anglo saxon words were used.

alistair

On 22-Dec-10, at 7:02 PM, Richard Jones wrote:

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