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Re: [GMCnet] Is the Boost Solenoid Necessary? [message #335059 is a reply to message #335055]

Fri, 13 July 2018 16:19

Kingsley Coach

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Registered: March 2009
Location: Nova Scotia Canada

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From personal experience, I lost a fan belt one time while traveling at
night. I switched to the 'other' battery to keep the lights on until I got
to a good stopping spot for the night. I'd say, Keep It !

Now for the starter...get creative and make a heat shield for it. The more
heat you can keep from it the better it will work.

Mike in NS

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 5:59 PM, Brian Krikorian wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> As a follow up on my earlier post (link below if anyone is bored), I ended
> up cleaning and tightening most of my 12v connections up front. While I
> had a few loose spots, it didn't solve the "hot starting" problem I was
> having. My friend who sold me (and occasionally works on) the GMC suggested
> it may be that the starter is getting too hot on the long drives (it was
> in the 100s throughout CA when I was there), and to let it rest. So on the
> trip home to Seattle from Los Angeles, I pretty much just kept it running
> at gas and rest stops, and once I plugged in at a camping stop, it would
> cold start fine (over and over).
>
> So, now that I'm home I'm going to start seeing if I can narrow it down to
> whether my starter or starter solenoid is going. In the meantime, I wanted
> to start organizing and cleaning up the morass of wires I have in the
> front engine compartments. My boost solenoid looks like it has seen better
> days. In light of the prevailing community thoughts that the boost switch
> should be rarely, if ever used, my question is: Can I just eliminate the
> Boost Solenoid and not have it? Other than rendering the Boost switch
> useless, would that screw up anything else?
>
> Old Thread: http://gmc.mybirdfeeder.net/GMCforum/index.php?t=msg&th=
> 41064&start=0&rid=5339
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brian
>
> P.S. Other than this hiccup, this was my first "long" trip without any
> major problems (2200 miles), including searing heat in Southern and Central
> California. I hope more trips go like this!!
>
>
>
> --
> Brian K
> 1977 Eleganza II, TZE167V100261
> Bellevue, WA
> Rebuilt 455, New brake system, a lot of Original Equipment ready to fall
> apart (discovering more as I go along....)
>
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS

Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
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