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        coloradotrout
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- Joined
- Aug 19, 2005
- Messages
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- Location
- Eastern KS
- Tractor
- JD 4100 HST CUT w/Yanmar 3TNE74 | JD 300 Lawn
Cut a 1-1/8" pipe about 10" long.  Welded a tiny bead on the insides, filed those flat to match the flat part of the solenoid. Used that as a wrench to remove the old, install the new solenoid.  
1-1/8" ID pipe just goes over the solenoid and clears the surrounding areas. I couldn't get any other tools in that space. There's not much torque on the threaded part of the solenoid but access to remove it is very restricted.
	
		
			
		
		
	
				
			1-1/8" ID pipe just goes over the solenoid and clears the surrounding areas. I couldn't get any other tools in that space. There's not much torque on the threaded part of the solenoid but access to remove it is very restricted.
