mppalmer(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:17 pm Post subject: Cheap Solenoid fix for Sky-Tec starters |
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Would someone please post this information in the
rec.aviation.homebuilt newsgroup too to help others? (I don't have a
newsreader.)
We have a Sky-Tec LS 12v starter on our Glasair.
Every year or two, the solenoid goes bad. (It develops a step inside
where the back of the plunger vibrates in flight. Then the plunger
hangs on the step. They symptom is, you power the starter and it
doesn't crank. It takes a few tries before it will energize.) Every
year or two I call Sky-Tek to buy a new solenoid and they tell me our
prop isn't balanced. And every year or two I tell them our prop is
balanced to something like 0.05 ips. (As to part history, up until
recently, we flew once a week to someplace and back. So that's just
over 100 cycles of the solenoid per year. A drop in the bucket compared
to car usage. 150 hrs/year of flying.)
Getting tired of this, today I went to O'Reilly auto parts (nee Checker
in Arizona) and, after 20 minutes of looking through the catalog with a
very helpful fellow, we found the solenoid is a Borg Warner PN S5613.
It's used on Ford Trucks, 1999-2001. (Sky-Tec wouldn't tell me the
cross over last time I called.) It costs $26 with a limited LIFETIME
warranty from O'Reilly. (It appears the same solenoid is also used on
the PM unit.)
I'm kicking myself for not checking this out ten years ago. Could have
saved a few hundred dollars. But now you know and maybe this will save
you a bunch of money too.
It may be that NAPA has it too . . . sometimes their parts seem better
quality. But it's that lifetime warranty I'm after.
Mike Palmer <><
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