Will the engine start with the spring and plunger removed from the fuel cut solenoid? My guess is that if everything else is working, it should start. But shutting it off is probably a different story. Please share, if you have done this.
'91 D250 2WD INTERCOOLED CUMMINS

Mahalo.

-Jeff

 

Yes, it will start and run without the plunger and spring. You will need to use the manual shut down lever to turn it off tho.

 

Where is the manual shut down lever located?

Thanks!

 

side of the pump, its like a t shape on a spring that will pivot towards the firewall to shut down the pump. its also what you will attach a cable to to join the pull cable club

 

Borrowed from Boatnik, this is about as good of an explanatory picture of the kill-lever and kill-cable connection that I have seen :

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...0&ppuser=35490

Why, may I ask, are you removing the plunger and spring from the fuel-solenoid ??

Many do so on account of a chunk of the rubber tip coming off, thus no longer closing off the flow of fuel.

Others do so an account of the solenoid failing to open, thus not allowing the engine to start/run.

Myself, I am in the process of doing so just to make my truck much more dependable and less electrical.

I finally got my locking kill-cable installed and working; now, I need to gut and plug the solenoid that Mr. KRB was so generous as to fix me up with and swap it in.

Pouring down rain, 90* weather, smothersome high humidity, and getting in the winter's hay has taken the fun from many of my projects = I need a building.

 

here it is on the pump

here it is going in the fire wall

heres some pics of it mouted i moved over the hood release cable so i could use the same bracket and makes it pretty good looking everything is the same spot

 

I am doing it so i can ellimintate the fuel cut solenoid off the list of reasons why fuel is not going through my injector pump. I don't want to rebuild my pump until I absolutely have to, therefore I need to exersice every bit of troubleshooting isolations before I do so. I need to go back to the shop to check out my truck, but is it possible that the manual lever could have got stuck in the closed position somehow and maybe it is somehow restricting fuel flow through the VE PUMP? I guess that the spring holds it open, and you manually move it to the closed position to shut it off, correct?

I really want to install a manual cable now. I agree with the notion of making it more dependable by making it less electrical. You guys are great here!

Mucho Mahalos!

-Jeff

 

Do you have a fuel-pressure gauge between the filter and injector-pump ??