Shut down fun

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

About 4-5 months ago my truck joined a prestigious club in which the ignition switch will no longer shut the truck off. Shut down solenoid, right? Too much fuel, pulls the rubber tip off the plunger... . yada yada yada. The pull cable shutdown club.



Only problem was the manual shutdown lever alone won't stop the motor. I have the idle screw completely taken out. My 366 spring gave the throttle too much spring so it won't drop all the way back to the idle stop screw anyway. So, to shut it down, I have to push the throttle backward against the spring toward the idle stop, and hit the manual shutdown at the same time. This will drop the idle down low enough that the manual shutdown will kill the motor.



Before this, it ran for a couple months WITH the 366 spring, and the solenoid killed it just fine.



So finally I bought and replaced the solenoid. Pulled the old one out, and to my surprise, the tip was on it... .



So for kicks I put the new one in. No change... still popping the hood to shut off the truck.



Now what?



Is it possible that when I put the 366 in, I didn't line the the throttle up with the shaft just right? If I bump it over a notch or two, you think it will fix my issue?



Right now I'm gathering parts to change over to a manual transmission, and thats going to be very annoying to have to put the truck in nuetral, set the E brake, get out, hope my POS E brake holds, shut off the truck, get back in, put the transmission back into gear, and then go about my buisness.



Any intelligence on this subject?

 

[Greenleaf]

You need a PTO cable. NOT the super cheep-o carb choke cable-pull from NAPA. You want the one that has the big pull knob that twists to lock and the cable in inside a nylon and steel sleeve.



You can find them at any truck dealership.



There was a nice install write-up with part number in an issue of the TDR publication.

 

[JLEONARD]

 hope my POS E brake holds

I know this is somewhat irrelevant but my e brake holds excellently... I use it often. If you adjust it correctly it will hold well.

 

[Greenleaf]

He likely has the "Tugboatphil" Rear Brake Syndrome... ... .



Oh man was THAT funny!!!



And as a side note, them PTO cable assembiles are also used for throttle control on many applications such as a bucket truck or mixer.