Title: Wanted - Headlight Vacuum solenoid
Post by: Gib on September 26, 2022, 10:59:09 am
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52385123266_f1ab7ce8e2_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nP6s5s)vac solenoid (2) (https://flic.kr/p/2nP6s5s) by creativeq (https://www.flickr.com/photos/16913445@N08/), on Flickr
As pictured i need the plastic part. I have cleaned mine, adjusted it, talc'ed it, and just about everything else but it still doesn't want to shuttle properly.
Does anyone have a fully working one?
As pictured i need the plastic part. I have cleaned mine, adjusted it, talc'ed it, and just about everything else but it still doesn't want to shuttle properly.
Does anyone have a fully working one?
Title: Re: Wanted - Headlight Vacuum solenoid
Post by: roy4matra on September 28, 2022, 09:17:40 pm
I have cleaned mine, adjusted it, talc'ed it, and just about everything else but it still doesn't want to shuttle properly.
Does anyone have a fully working one?
Does anyone have a fully working one?
A Murena owner in the U.K. who uses his car a lot (I won't name him in case he doesn't want that) has developed a better system and Matra Magic are now selling the kit as an alternative, so take a look and you may find this a better option. But please don't throw your old one away James, as I would like to see it sometime, to see if I can see why it is not working, because I have repaired a number of these and never had a failure to date.
Roy
Title: Re: Wanted - Headlight Vacuum solenoid
Post by: Gib on September 29, 2022, 08:36:20 am
Thanks Roy,
i will have a look at the Matra Magic option. I don't know if i am missing something or if a part is fundamentally worn / broken.
Either way when setting up the engine and trying to diagnose the impossible carb balancing (bent throttle plate spindle took a month to find ! ) chasing leaks from this solenoid was a problem i solved by disconnecting it to be dealt with in the future (i,.e now as its getting dark).
i will have a look at the Matra Magic option. I don't know if i am missing something or if a part is fundamentally worn / broken.
Either way when setting up the engine and trying to diagnose the impossible carb balancing (bent throttle plate spindle took a month to find ! ) chasing leaks from this solenoid was a problem i solved by disconnecting it to be dealt with in the future (i,.e now as its getting dark).
