ok, it can't be the solenoid...$45 for a new one, and i still have the same problem. this is frustrating.
I have a full charge on my battery...i checked the connections at the battery...checked the grounding wire at the rear motor mount under the gearbox...even tested the grounding wire with my test light, and it lit up. I can get a good ground at numerous places on the engine which tells me that I have a good ground on the engine, and that comes from that grounding wire, right? so it can't be a bad ground.
the wire coming from the starter relay to the solenoid is connected to the larger sized terminal and it lights up my test lamp when the ignition is cranked. The small terminal from the soleniod to the coil does not light up my test lamp.
the fuel pump and the starter relay seem to both get power...the solenoid gets power but won't send it back out to the coil...this is a brand new solenoid, so if that wasn't the problem, then what else could it be????
1976 MGB with a 1977 engine