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Well props go out to abadtb2 and Art and anyone else that mentioned the battery to be the cause of my troubles posted in "OK, I fricken give up".
I had replaced the starter, the solenoid and the ignition switch and still the starter refused to disengage. I had gotten to where I distrusted the cheap solenoid that I got from Autozone and I was also considering what abadtb2 had said about a low battery causing the problems. I went to Napa and bought another sloenoid and then mentioned the problem to the guy behind the desk. He wasn't a great mechanic, but he piqued my interest when he mentioned that he knew that if you put too small a battery into a riding lawn mower that the starter wouldn't disengage.
That was enough evidence for me to go ahead and buy a battery also. So the first thing I swapped out was the battery and the starter started working perfectly. Cool.
Later the solenoid did act up a little when I turned the car off and it kept running. But I figured since I'd abused that solenoid several times while trying to find the problem it was probably burned a bit. Put the new sillynoid on and everythings been groovy for the last few days.
It's certainly pretty strange how a low battery could cause this problem, but I can't argue with results. What a screwed up system. So it seems my classic mustang has about the same level of technology as a riding mower.
I had replaced the starter, the solenoid and the ignition switch and still the starter refused to disengage. I had gotten to where I distrusted the cheap solenoid that I got from Autozone and I was also considering what abadtb2 had said about a low battery causing the problems. I went to Napa and bought another sloenoid and then mentioned the problem to the guy behind the desk. He wasn't a great mechanic, but he piqued my interest when he mentioned that he knew that if you put too small a battery into a riding lawn mower that the starter wouldn't disengage.
That was enough evidence for me to go ahead and buy a battery also. So the first thing I swapped out was the battery and the starter started working perfectly. Cool.
Later the solenoid did act up a little when I turned the car off and it kept running. But I figured since I'd abused that solenoid several times while trying to find the problem it was probably burned a bit. Put the new sillynoid on and everythings been groovy for the last few days.
It's certainly pretty strange how a low battery could cause this problem, but I can't argue with results. What a screwed up system. So it seems my classic mustang has about the same level of technology as a riding mower.