Pete Phillips Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Have a young lady who contacted me needing a starter solenoid for the '53 Super she has inherited. I have this one with no ID tag on it. Does it look like a 12-volt 322 solenoid for 1953 or thereabouts? Pete Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I don't know about 53, but definitely not the same as 54 322 nailhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1953mack Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Pete, ♦ Your pictures are not of a 1953 Buick Super/Roadmaster 12-volt solenoid. There should be a Part Number stamped on the passenger's side saddle-mounting flange to identify what your solenoid fits. ♦ The 1953 Buick V8 starter and solenoid assembly was a poorly designed, one year-only model for the first-year Buick V8. Parts are not interchangeable. 1954 starters were definitely a better unit due to the internal wiring/compound fields. ♦ You might want to have the lady verify if she really has a 1953 starter before she spends any $$ on a solenoid. ♦ A quick way to determine whether it's a 1953 starter is to look for a removable metal band around the commutator end of the starter used for inspecting brush wear. 1954 and later starters do not have the removable inspection band. Al Malachowski BCA #8965 "500 Miles West of Flint" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Al, Many thanks. She has verified that she has a '53 starter, but the entire solenoid is missing. I don't seem to have one. Do you want to sell the one you photographed? Pete Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1953mack Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) I looked to see if I had a spare solenoid that I would sell but came up empty. A few possibilities..... ♦ The lady might try these guys. They list it as their Part #8-932. https://hagensautoparts.com/pricesheet/starter solenoid ♦ Do a GOOGLE search for the Delco-Remy solenoid #1118186 ♦ Consider purchasing an improved rebuilt 1954-1955 Buick Delco-Remy 1107621 starter with the correct solenoid. . . . .or a 1956 Delco-Remy 1107646 starter with the correct solenoid. I'll keep looking. Al Malachowski BCA #8965 "500 Miles West of Flint" Edited April 25, 2018 by 1953mack (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete O Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 That looks like a pre 1951 to me. It has the relay mounted right on the solenoid. 51s and up have the relay on the firewall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1953mack Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Here's a new eBay listing for a new (incomplete?) solenoid. It's listed as the same part number as Hagen's price sheet shows, so it must be a superseded number from the original 1118186. The description or the pictures don't say anything about the linkage for the driven pinion assembly's shift lever or the rubber boot. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Buick-Super-Roadmaster-Skylark-NOS-starter-solenoid-1119965/192523282986?epid=672597058&hash=item2cd3482a2a:g:L2gAAOSwTyZa4ntl&vxp=mtr Al Malachowski BCA #8965 "500 Miles West of Flint" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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