So I do the pull cable thing a few months ago and figure great, don't have to worry abut that thing anymore, right? Not. Noticed it leaking the other day. More like seeping, just wet around there. Awright, guess I didn't get it back in there tight enough. Ya know, it is kinda hard to get a good grip on that thing with that useless bracket in they way...

So I cut the bracket enough to enable proper wrenching, etc, etc. and the dang thing is STILL leaking. Upon closer inspection, I come to see it is actually leaking through the top of the plug assembly itself. Evidently the hard rubber plug the solenoid asembly is made from has decided to become compromised in some way, allowing it to leak. I'm guessing heat-cold cycles, since it got pretty cold here a few nights last week. Has anyone else seen this?

Well, the fix is dead simple. Of course you could go out and spend $40 for a new one you don't really need or want. Or: Put the thing upside down in a vise, knock the solenoid out with a punch and BFH, tap the plug core for 1/2x14 with a bottom tap (can be made with a regular tap and grinder) and install a 1/2" pipe plug using JB weld for thread lubricant. Screw back into pump the following morning. This is one of those applications that is just perfect for JB weld.

 

Good work Ace!

 

what was happing was your truck shuting down when you get on it i am having the problem i dont know what is wrong

 

No, just leaking a little. Check the connection on that solenoid. Bad plug/wire is one of the usual suspects when they do that. That's one reason I decided to eliminate the thing altogether. It's an unreliable convenience feature allowing it to be shut down with the key like a gasser.

 

Just one word of advice if you have a standard transmission, make sure when you pull the cable to shut down that you leave the cable pulled out while you are parked. One of my wrecker drivers bumped the bumper of a semi which was shut down with a cable and the truck started and drove off without a driver with it's doors locked. Could be a parking lot disaster if you know what I mean.

 

I removed the return spring from the shutdown lever so when I pull the cable it stays pulled until I push it back in.

 

Good advice.

Our old 990 David Brown has a TEE-handle on the kill-cable.

When it gets pulled back to KILL, it engages some sort of lock; to release it, the TEE has to be turned contrary-clock-wise about 1/8 turn.