When you use the cable for shutdown, does the electrical pull still operate on start-up, or can you do away with that too?
Thanks

 

I think most guys are just gutting the solenoid so that it acts only to plug the hole in the pump and nothing else. Once the guts are gone, nothing happens in there when you apply voltage--the manual lever runs the show.

 

My modified plunger is still shutting the truck off after 7 months.

 

Is it difficult to remove the guts from the solenoid, I assume its the plunger that you take out?
Thanks guys.

 

So will the truck run without a solenoid?
On another note, if I have my starter wired straight to a button, what will happen if I remove my starter solenoid?

 

It's just a spring and plunger--they fall right out. I don't *think* there's anything else up in there---I've never put one back gutted.

 

It won't not run without the solenoid With the guts missing, you can't shut down with the key anymore. All else is the same. In fact, there's some speculation as to improved fuel flow with the solenoid plunger removed


What kind of button are you using? Running that kind of current into the cab can be downright dangerous. I think a starter relay/solenoid is required in this instance.

 

I have it wired (hot) to a 50amp "starter button" I got at Pep Boys. Pic in my gallery. I thought I might ditch the key-start relay and just hook a relay up to the button I have hot-wired right now. I kinda like the button-start. Of course I guess I could hunt down the wires that go into the column and just transfer them to the button. Anybody know which wires those are?

 

Instead of messing with the column, why not let your push button operate the starter solenoid in the same way the key-switch does.

Just unhook the key-switch wires and hook up the button wires.

 

Also, some call the solenoid a relay.

The one I am talking about should be under the hood, not on the starter itself.

 

The post before yours - "Of course I guess I could hunt down the wires that go into the column and just transfer them to the button."

Just need to know which ones...