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**Wrenchbender Ret** · 09-21-2009, 06:31 PM

By using a solenoid on the wire from the ign. switch you avoid the voltage drop from all the wire going in to the inside of the dash, the ign. switch, & the neutral switch. I have solved many intermittent starting problems with this. But there is no use running the battery cable through it. You will get a 1/2 volt drop that way. Chev. has not used a Bendix drive since the mid 30's. The drive gear is pulled in by the solenoid on top the starter which switches on the starter at the same time.

09-21-2009, 06:31 PM	#16
Wrenchbender Ret Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Overland Park, Ks. Posts: 5,190	Re: Remote solenoid install by pictures By using a solenoid on the wire from the ign. switch you avoid the voltage drop from all the wire going in to the inside of the dash, the ign. switch, & the neutral switch. I have solved many intermittent starting problems with this. But there is no use running the battery cable through it. You will get a 1/2 volt drop that way. Chev. has not used a Bendix drive since the mid 30's. The drive gear is pulled in by the solenoid on top the starter which switches on the starter at the same time.