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!
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

