Boatnik

I have been pondering joining the elite group of CDT owners that use the pull cable for shutting down. Which cable have you used and where was your preference for locating the handle/**** end of the cable. Some I have seen are on the dash or out of the transmission hump. I have even thought of mounting it on the transfer case lever like a PTO ****. Your thoughts?

lovemysan

I'm using an extremely high tech piece of 10 gauge stranded thhn wire.

Someone recently recommended carquest as having an attractive t handle version that has a built in stop.

Boatnik

Well that beats my idea of using tie wire. I even thought of clothes line and pulleys.

wannadiesel

I don't think anybody joins the cable shutoff club on purpose - it just happens. My modified solenoid is still holding up (touches wood). If I blow it out it's time for a cable, I have better things to spend $50 on.

Boatnik, before yours gets chunked pull it out and modify it. Put the plunger in a drill and use sandpaper to make the end flat (it's convex from the factory), then put a nice radius on the edge. Stretch the spring a little to make up for the lost length and put it back in. Mine's held up for 2 months now and I haven't been trying not to blow it.

timb

Hey Boatnik, You are more than welcome to join our little club, actually it's not so little any more. but I would try Wanna's idea first if you still have a good plunger.and yes I did get the cable from carquest. and installed mine to the right of the light switch.it's a good location for it, and if you leave the cable pulled out, it is a good theft deterent as well. I dont think most of these low life thiefs could figure out why the truck wont start.

janb

a bit HD (PTO cable)
my 63 Studebaker w/ Detroit Diesel had a really cool chrome 'Fuel Stop" T-cable, right next to the 'Ether" EZ to confuse on many a dark night


Can't say the boss didn't warn us

I'ld be heading to a 'commercial truck' bone-yard, bet you could find a real gem of a cable, a suiting location would be near key / column is nice idea.

Boatnik

Thanks for the response guys. I like Wanna's idea the best, but I will definitly Take the rest of the ideas to heart. I wasn't really thinking of using a PTO cable, just thinking of mounting the choke cable there. Making a bracket would be a piece of cake and the spot near my light switch already has the electric mirror joy stick in the way. I miss not having a floor shift but I don't miss the clutch.

Moab4X4

My old Ford 2000 farm tractor has a decent pull cable. You could check with a farm implement dealer if you have one around if it comes to it.

Boatnik

There are plenty of farm equipment dealers close by. The city slickers haven't bought up all the land yet. But they sure are trying. I bought 15 acres in the middle of nowhere just so I can pee off the porch without getting fined. In the evenings the only sounds you here are dogs barking, coyote howling, and owls hooting. Then every once in a blue moon you hear a stil blow up.

DmaxEter

Go to your nearest Mack shop and tell them you want a stop cable for a R model with an E6. Its about a 1 inch round red **** that say on it ENGINE STOP. Even has the shut down symbol on it. Bout 20 bucks. Has enough cable to go from front to back of truck if needed.

timb

Heck Boatnik, I did'nt even know these truck's had power mirrors. none the less a joy stick to operate them.there is'nt even an option item on my truck that I did'nt put on it myself.

Boatnik

1992 Dodge w350 LE, Automatic overdrive, air conditioned, power windows, cruise control, tilt wheel, electric door locks, electric mirrors. All factory options. Even the radio sounds nice at idle . I think this was one of the first Cowboy Cadilacs that rides like a truck. The only option this truck didn't come with was the factory snow plow and front air shocks. Dieseldude4x4 owned it before I did.