Now I want to do the pull cable deal. I have some throttle and choke cables just laying around not doing anything when taken off of something. Do I attach it to the lever on the side of the pump? And what do I do about the shutdown solenoid? Also where is the best place to mount it? Thanks!

Jon

 

Lever on the side of the pump.

Gut the solenoid. Take it off, remove the spring and plunger, then put the empty solenoid body back on.

 

what's the purpose of the pull cable?

 

Kill switch. No more dealing with the shut down solenoid. If you turn the key off, everything shuts down but the engine keeps going till you pull the cable.

Jon

 

Here is one idea.

 

Jon,

I would suggest not to use the choke cable. It was my first cheap fix for shut down and it binded terribly. I kinda went overkill on my present pull cable setup. I installed a "T" pull handle that is part of a drag chute release kit. It's a morse cable and smooth as silk. Go with the throttle cable and I think you'll be good. Like Dave said, attach it to the lever and gut the solenoid. I have my handle mounted at the bottom of the dash next to the trailer brake actuator.

Aloha,
Matt

 

Go to NAPA.

Get a kill-cable for a late-seventies/early-eighties R-Model MACK.

It will have a big RED octagon **** that says ENGINE-STOP.

They are meant to do this job.

 

Or simply run a 10 or 12 gauge wire out to the lever. Attach the cab end or the wire to something under the dash, maybe in the hood release area. It shouldn't cost alot to do something simple.

 

Somebody on here was running baling wire with a fence insulator for a ****. Truly farm engineered.

 

I pulled one in the shop that had a grass-string with a corn-cob handle.

It worked.

 

I could jimmy rig it, if duct tape and baling twine don't fix it, a hammer will This is truly from a guy named Jim

 

If you rigged a latch to keep the pull cable in the "pulled" position, wouldn't that also serve as an anti-theft device?

Can anyone think of a reason NOT to do this?

Regards, DBF

 

Sure would confuse a thief. I can't see any harm in it.

 

whats the purpose of having the engine run untill you pull the cable, can someone explain it to the teenager

 

When you turn these trucks up, they tend to rip the tip off the shutoff solenoid plunger and then they keep running after you turn off the ignition. A cable saves you the aggravation of popping the hood to shut the engine off with the manual shutdown lever.