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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 07:09 PM
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I have a 1992 dodge ram 250 cummins the fuel shut off switch hasent worked sence i bought the pick up last year i finley bought one for 120 at abumper to bper but i at shure where. It goesthe truck has im gessing close to 500000 miles on it i could use some pics to show me where it goes. Right now i have a pice of baling wire to kill it also some good ac conversion instructions would be nice.
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 07:29 PM
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The piece in the second picture that has 2 wires connected to it is the fuel shut off solenoid.
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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Don' loose the little spring and plunger when you change it out.
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 09:34 PM
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Ok thanks the one i bought wont fit there and i coudent get any thing out of that hole once i got the solenoid off do you all got any ides or tips on how to get old spring and plunger out
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 09:59 PM
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its possible that it was gutted by the previous owner already, you should be able to see the spring in the hole if its in there. I've used a small screwdriver to help wiggle the plunger out before.


The shut off solenoid is the same as what is used in the old VW diesels, search for those and you can find them for about $10. many people here including myself are using the cheap VW ones without much issue, for the price buy two and keep one for later.

threading the solenoid back in can be difficult sometime, theres not much room for fingers in there.
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 10:01 PM
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the spring and plunger should be in the solenoid if not some one removed them and that would explane why it wont shut off
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 10:08 PM
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Yes the wire was on there when i bought it i will take it back apart tomaro and try again. And thanks for the info on the vw i had a lot of problems just finding this solenoid. Will get one for spair soon to
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Old Apr 4, 2013 | 10:25 PM
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can you see a spring in the hole?

Does your solenoid look like the one in this link? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dodge-Cummin...766#vi-content
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 02:18 PM
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Thanks you all i finly got it working just had to put it in some one else had alredy took plunger and spring out. I didnt whant to put parts where thay dont go and mess sinthing else up the prives oners have done a lot of southern riggen on it i am starten to get it dack in to a decent truck again and get every thing to work right or just work.
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