skywalker175

any help finding a cheaper replacement solenoid for the fuel shut off valve or is there any good alternatives like installing a manual cable or trick custom setup??????

dodge diesel dude

At that price its cheaper to leave the thing running

Got Smoke?

Seems like I remember a member on here using a $12 choke cable to activate the solenoid arm. ???

Piers Diesel Research sells them everyday for $150. Shipping might take a little while from Canada, but worth the wait.

My relay crapped out on my Saturday and I'm still getting under the hood to manually pull up on the solenoid to start it. This is the 2nd time the relay has gave up the ghost on me @ 160K miles. Are you sure its your solenoid or is it the shutoff solenoid relay?

When mine went out the first time I thought it was my solenoid, went and bought a new one and got home that night and my latest issue of TDR magazine had come and I sat down and read it and a guy with the same model truck as me had the same problem, but just replaced his relay. I ended up just filing the contacts on mine and its worked like a charm for the past 6 months or so. Took the solenoid back and got my $$ back!

Now I think I'll just go to radio shack and get the $6 replacement relay! ;D

Smokee

Better yet, go to a wrecking yard and get a whole handful of relays for a dollar.<br>If you are considering a whole solenoid, think about the choke cable route.<br>george

doomgaze

I believe someone said you can get the solenoid for almost half that at a Freightliner shop.<br><br>In addition to checking your relays, check the blue power cable going from the battery on the driver's side. Mine had a blown fuse. If I had known that, it would have saved me $1200 in unneeded repairs.

Palmetto_kid

i have been having to manually engage mine sometimes too. some days i dont have to though. i am thinking it might be the relays. where are they located? and GOTSMOKE, you said you filed the contacts, where are these contacts? thanks abunch.<br><br>pk

dsljunkie

It may not even be a relay it could just be a wire that is not making good constant contact . This happened on my dads 95 and all we did was splice the wire and off he went.<br> Wheels

Got Smoke?

[quote author=Palmetto_kid link=board=16;threadid=13601;start=0#137496 date=1052828901]<br>i have been having to manually engage mine sometimes too. some days i dont have to though. i am thinking it might be the relays. where are they located? and GOTSMOKE, you said you filed the contacts, where are these contacts? thanks abunch.<br><br>pk<br>[/quote]<br><br>if your facing the motor from the front of the truck just to the right of center (basically over your fuel filter but up on the firewall/cowl) there are 2 relays enclosed in plastic. One is bigger than the other...THE SMALLER relay is your fuel shutoff solenoid relay. You will have to break away some of the plastic to get the relay out, but mine went back in when I was finished. But what you have to do is take the relay out and partially disasemble it. It sounds a lot harder than it actually was to do.<br><br>I'll get you a picture of the location of it when I get home this afternoon. Check back this evening.

geer

Check with Cummins .