SkyTech LS starter solenoid

[hgerhardt]

Rebuild kit in a box! The nose casting is the literal kilo buck part on the LS starter. It's nuts.

I just did the same thing a couple months ago! I used the Bosch as it appeared to be the OEM unit, with the Ford part number machined off:
What I received was the same gold-colored one as the offshore units are, so apparently they ran out of the OEM ones.

That starter referenced above may come in a Ford box, but look where it came from:

The only part I had to reuse was the pinion gear, as the LS has fewer teeth than that Crown Vic unit. Need to figure out which model PMGR has the right pinion.