Okay, I bought this Chinese solenoid for $10, and it seems pretty solid. The only bad part is the bolts are imperial, and I just hate having two sets of spanners to work on a used car. I don't want to change the lugs on my wires to accommodate the larger bolts.
I realized that if I file the threads off the bolts, I can recut the studs with metric threads. Here we go:
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Note that I bent the mounting bracket out of the way first, to make room for filing and cutting threads. Next, I cut threads in the stud with a 6mm x 1.0 die:
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Fits the original nuts:
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I decided the bolts didn't need to be so long, so ground them shorter:
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The finished mod, with the mounting bracket bent flat:
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I made an adapter to go from the coil stud to a blade, to plug in the actuator wire:
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The Chinese solenoid, transplanted to the Delica:
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So that's how you replace a failed glow plug relay solenoid for $10, without modifying the Delica. If you happen to get a $350 replacement solenoid for Christmas, you can swap it in.
Nice work though :D
