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mchero
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Feb 27, 2020

Here we go again yet another Trombetta "Big Boy" failure!

I have just about had it with these P.O.S. Trombetta isolator solenoids. My 1st class A diesel, a 93 Pace Arrow was not charging the house batteries while driving down the road. Found the Trombetta ...
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mchero
Explorer
Feb 27, 2020
azrving wrote:
Are they rated as continuous duty?


The Trombetta is indeed continuous duty. Contacts get crusty & fail. I guess I could drill out the 4 rivets holding the bottom cover on and clean up the contacts but it would be a short term fix. Done it once before but these failures are getting old. $60 to $70 a pop!

Need to repair/replace if I want the alternator to charge while driving down the road.

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