| 65'1300Deluxe |
Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:50 pm |
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| My idle solenoid went south and I'm wondering if that happens with the older ones or if I'm just unlucky? It no longer pulls in. |
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| Relyt |
Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:52 pm |
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Just like everything they wear out and die.
Clean the electrical connection, make sure you're getting 12v to it.
If it's still dead chop off the plunger and use that until you can get a new one. |
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| 65'1300Deluxe |
Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:19 am |
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| That's what I figured. Well, I'm hopefully getting a new one today. I tested the old one several times with no luck. |
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| SWODude |
Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:40 pm |
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Did you ground it while testing?
I had an issue with my engine not running off the idle jet after sitting a while. I tested it, in and out of the carb and it worked off the carb so I cleaned the orifice out and it's worked fine since. |
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| 65'1300Deluxe |
Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:29 pm |
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| Yes, i did. I grounded it to several clean spots with no luck. I just cut the plunger off since I needed the car to be drive-able quickly. |
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| HRVW |
Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:37 pm |
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:idea: With the plunger cut off just leave it in the carb and also remove the wire to the + side of the coil. Forget about buying a new cut off valve as it won't be needed.....less future headache.
(VW mechanic of 28 yrs) |
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| Donnie strickland |
Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:39 pm |
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HRVW wrote: :idea: With the plunger cut off just leave it in the carb and also remove the wire to the + side of the coil. Forget about buying a new cut off valve as it won't be needed.....less future headache.
(VW mechanic of 28 yrs)
+1, mine has been running this way for years. Never missed it. |
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