Truck Guy99 |
02-15-2012 01:10 PM |
The old "Fuel solenoid pull cable"
Ok, my 17 year old brother has a 95 Dodge dually, and he was tired of having to pop the hood to pull the rod thingamajig on the solenoid to make her start. So we started to look into rigging up a pull cable for it. So, off to Tractor Supply we went to buy a pulley like this: Sheave Block Flat Mount 2 in - 3584736 | Tractor Supply Company Then, we bought about 10 feet of small zipline cable. Then, my brotherasked me what we sould do for a handle to pull. My idea was a lawnmower pull cable and handle. We got everything for lesse than $40.:jump: So then, we went home, pulled the truck up to the shop, and then we started looking for a place to run it through the dash orthe firewall under the dash on the driver side. Finally in desperation, my brother said "how about this?". I came over there and looked. I was very disappointed. he just ran the cable along the side of the fender and into the cab. I then asked him how he is supposed to pull it when the door is shut. He just told me we sould have to open the hood and the door to pull it. I said, "But that defeats the entire reason for the pull cable! To NOT have to pop the hood!" I told him we would have to drill a small hole in the firewall. He did not approve:td: He was worried I might hit a wire or something. After about thirty minutes of arguing, I finally convinced him to let me do it. He would have done it himself, but he has a shakyhand when it comes to drilling holes or using a grinder, so he usally has me, his 13 year-old brother, do it for him. In the space I was drilling, I had about half of an inch of room for error. I NAILED IT!!!!:jump: After MUCH reworking and reconfiguring the placement for the cable to go, we FINALLY found a spot that worked for the pulley: the inner fender. I got some metal-piercing screws and drilled into the inner fender while holding the pulley in place with my clamp/brother. (And yes, we tried different angles of the pulley to make sure it was right BEFORE I started drilling) But the cable kept slipping downward and snagging between the pulley mount and fender well, making it VERY hard to pull.:argh: So we finally just took out the pulley and left the mount with the bolt that used to hold the pulley and it was better, but it still kept slipping!:dang: so then, I took out the pulley mount, drilled a second hole below the original and put a bolt through it. Now, it doesn't slip down thanks to that bolt!:tu:
Total cost and time: About 3 hours and less than $40
Thanks for reading! Will try to get pics soon!:hellox:
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