<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Well, I have been warned not to do this, but since I already have a loose fit between the solenoid and the carb, I figure it can't do much worse damage.<br><br>One problem is that those things are very difficult to tighten against the carb once the carb is in place. So, I fitted a regular old hose clamp onto the solenoid. This allows me to tighten up the solenoid by hand. I also positioned the screw portion of the clamp such that it provides a bit of rotational force in tightening the threads all the time. Yeah, it puts additional weight on the joint, but it works.<br><br>Those things were always coming loose on me.I got to the point where I could feel and hear the engine doing something and I knew it was the solenoid, so I just went in back and tightened them up by hand. After doing this a bunch of times greasy, I hit upon the
idea of adding the hose clamps first as a way to provide leverage for hand tightening as getting a wrench in there was difficult.<br><br>Jeff '67 Sqbk<br><br><div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container">It's quite possible that they always come apart at the zinc/brass <br>interface because the zinc is softer or because of the differential <br>expansion there.<br> <br> Well, that the thing, they always seem to come loose at that spot. <br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>