Was getting power to the solenoid, but the valve would not open. Took it apart (solenoid and valve assembly) and cleaned everything with contact cleaner, put everything back together and still had no luck. The valve assembly appears to look and operate fine and I have power going to the solenoid, so I guess the solenoid took a crap somehow.
Did some searching and found this
substitute solenoid I actually got mine from an e-bay seller ($40 for 4 of them) who gets them used from medical machines in a hospital. He says he's got more, here's his
"link" (might have to e-mail him if it's not posted on his e-bay sight)
On the mac valve solenoid, the solenoid part is attached to the body of the valve by 2 screws and looks to be well sealed unlike the arb one so no dirt can get in that way. I recall reading somewhere that arb used these (mac valve solenoids) in their very early years of production and later went with their own brand, but can't remember where I read it at...
In short it's a savings of about $20 from the arb solenoid, plus I've got the other 3 as spares.