1949 Packard Convertible

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Packard Proving Grounds 1 (2:14)

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It sounds as if the solenoid is working and there is an open or poor connection or too small of wire somewhere. You almost need to mount the solenoids on plate with the bat buss bar & the motor connected properly. Connect the neg bat to the bus bar either directly or with a piece of heavy wire. Make sure there is a good ground connection between the motor and frame with no paint and a good connection between your pos battery cable and frame. When that is OK, then take a small piece of wire and touch the small solenoid terminal to the frame. If it works then that was the issue, if not then solenoid.

Edit: The 24077 is the same relay in a plastic case and would work if that is what you want.

i know you have helped the CRAP out of me!! seriously you are awesome!

okay....

this is what i did

1. connect positive to bottom of the solenoid marked BAT (big terminal) and also to the frame. connected NEG to the small terminal and the other big terminal to one of the poles on the motor. that did nothing

2 tried what you said....NEG to bottom large terminal on solenoid marked BAT. positive to the small terminal and to the frame and then touched the other large terminal to one of the poles on the motor. it worked. and when i touched the small terminal to the frame it clicked the solenoid.

so what does that mean....

the part number for the plasticized one is 24077 but it is cheaper for the 24046 and i can plasticize them myself ;0)

15 bucks a piece on ebay ;0) i bought these

.pdf of their solenoids....http://www.colehersee.com/pdf/H-Relays.pdf

Great pictures looks like you have a daughter who will grow up to like cars or at least like to spend time with her Dad which is important. Nice to have kids who enjoy the same things. Looks like a very complete job being done there keep us posted .

I saw a 52 packard with an A/C unit installed; not sure what kind it was, but I took photographs:

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Howard,

Congratulations on your 1,000th post. Your informative, authorative posts backed by many years of hands-on Packard experience and expertise are enjoyed and benefit us all here at Packardinfo.

Glad you like the pics,and no prob. on adding car to the registry,sorry it took so long!!!

As long as the motor was also grounded when you tested, then it does sound as if solenoid. What happens when you hook the motor to solenoids, put the negative on bat post, pos on frame and then touch the small terminal to frame?

EDIT you'll have to give a solenoid number. The link just comes up with catalog page. The duty time is probably 30 seconds max from one limit to the other.