The Myth of "Keeping it Orginal"
I had an interesting situation. A nice young kid came in to our shop, looking for parts for his orginal Classic 2 solenoid. He informaed me that he found one on the net Lincoln OEM M16645. From my experience I know that Lincoln has obsoleted that years ago and came out with an updated solenoid system. He said he paid over $800.00 for one, on the net, no linkage, just the bare solenoid. Then he informs me he saw the Weldmart Upgrade Replacement Idle solenoid, with new linkage for $325.00-free freight! His answer was he wanted to keep it orginal!
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With all the advances in technology that make machienery more innfecent, extend the life of the machine, and make it more serviseable. There is a catastropic shortage of technicans taht can maintain your machine. When you find one, they are backed up adn get read to pay $100.00 an hour or more

