Replacing diesel stop solenoid

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:47 pm

Appears to be a Haynes 1 spanner job but is it straightforward swap or should I be watching out for anything untoward? Picked up a new one today and was rather surprised that it's not goldplated as the price led me to believe

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:51 pm

If it's a lucas, there's no problem, if it's a bosch

good luck!

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:54 pm

Is there a special spanner to do the one on the Bosch pump? I think it's something like 27mm, but it's a real pain to get a normal spanner in there.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:49 pm

I changed the last one with carefull use of a small hammer and a sharp punch. No problem.

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:45 pm

Lucas $\:D/$

RxBX · Post by **RxBX** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:20 am

I thought it was probably a 'Lucas' as as there always failing at some stage in their life (Typical failure symptoms i.e.:- Solenoid/rubber valve face/spring/diesel leak between body and ceramic insulation).
That is why you can always get a good used one or almost new from a breaker's yard from any Lucas version diesel that's typically in Citroën's, Fords, Pugs etc. for a couple of quid as I've have on many occasions !

So how much did you get 'Skanked ' for a new one as you stated:-

ed4ferrets wrote:Picked up a new one today and was rather surprised that it's not goldplated as the price led me to believe

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:48 am

erm........ £29.50 including 10% discount

Why is the rubber valve face /spring not available separately as required

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:17 am

ed4ferrets wrote:Why is the rubber valve face /spring not available separately as required

Because there's a lot more profit to be made on £30 odd quid than on 50p worth of plunger and spring???

ed4ferrets · Post by **ed4ferrets** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:32 pm

Job done, well happy

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