Those of you with 302/351/390 ford motors...I'm using a powermaster starter...do you all use the standard type ford solenoid - or do you wire direct? What's the reason to use the remote solenoid? Thanks.
Any solenoid or relay is meant to limit the amount of current running long distance. (ie: low current voltage from Ign switch causes solenoid to connect starter directly to battery without high current running from battery post to Ign Switch and back to Starter) The main Negative of Ford's remote starter solenoid is it makes an older car super easy to steal.
Advantage of a remote starter is that it keeps the solenoid away from the heat of the exhaust. A side note.......for those with electronics/computers (me, for example), if you add/change to a remote solenoid you must use one that has a diode that keeps excessive power surges from backpeddling back into the circuitry.
The reason for a second solenoid when using the small PMGR starter is because the starter creates power (like an alternator) that feedbacks into the solenoid and the starter may not disengage when you let go of the key. What I have seen is it will be slow to disengage and sound like it's dragging for a second. Add the second solenoid and it stops as soon as you turn the key. (It's actually mention in the black box in Powermaster pdf but doesn't explain why).
Thanks...sounds like I need to run the Ford solenoid. Bummer...cutting and pasteing! Thanks for the help!
I had a Napa one that*****ped out on me after about a year, in fact almost every Napa part I have got for the car has*****ped out... I got one at Advance Auto Parts, the old Car Quest brand, been fine since.
Ill hide it under the passenger floor pan....ugly but will have to use...Ill see if I can find a Motorcraft one... Thanks
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