C17loadclear

Can someone please post a pic of the fuel idle cut solenoid. My book says Cali trucks didnt come with one and I want to see what it actually looks like.


Thanks

xxxtreme22r

what book is that? My "book" says this:

VALVE, SOLENOID
21347-35420 Replaced by: 21347-35510 1986.08-1987.08 22R.. RN5#.. USA
Manufacture notes: CALIFORNIA SPEC

coryc85

Here is one I removed from my '83 pickup, which BTW, I bought in California. Not sure if it was originally a Cali truck or not:

xxxtreme22r

hey coryc85, I don't have mine any longer, but do you remember at the end of that having a removable jet like the weber idle solenoids?

coryc85

xtreme - I don't think anything is removeable on this thing except for that little o-ring on the tip. Of course, I could be wrong.

C17loadclear

My Hanyes manual says Cali exempt in the wiring diagram. Thanks for posting a pic. I dont have anything like that on my carb. I do have a solenoid on the passenger front side but it does not look like that. It has a spring with a rubber washer on it.

This is a factory truck with no mods as it was my dads (I learned to drive with this truck)

It is a 1981 SR5.This thing is driving me crazy trying to figure out the idle problem.

xxxtreme22r

I will check what toyotapartszone says on the 81 the one I checked you can see the years the cali spec included.

The solenoid you describe sounds like the outer vent solenoid. As I don't believe there is any other sol. on the carb.

83

If I remember correctly, the idle fuel cut solenoid is on the passenger side rear of the carb. So if you've got nothing there, then yeah, you must not have one. It is a "common" cause of stalling on these trucks though, even with rebuilt carbs.

C17loadclear

I have read the trouble with rebuilding and was wondering if anyone has bought a reman carb from someplace and had good luck with it...If not, I guess I will go the way of the weber.
Of course, then I have to deal with all the emissions stuff.

83

I bought a rebuilt carb. It's works great...except for the idle cut solenoid going bad

They don't replace that part in the rebuild.

Soon

Did you ever solve the problem? I had an idle problem and thought it was the fuel cut solenoid and it turned out to be the EGR valve.

C17loadclear

Hey Guys,

Sorry to have not posted sooner...The problem was the solenoid but I think the EGR is bad also as it doesnt pass the vaccum test. The truck is idling a little rough but at least it is running all the time now. I am thinking about blocking it off rather than fork out 200 bucks. Whatcha think?

Thanks for all the help.

Todd

Soon

I put a little bolt into the vacuum line to the EGR valve which effectively blocked it off and its been running perfectly ever since.

83

I just plugged all the egr lines with golf tees. Someday I'll make a blockoff plate. The EGR is probabaly a good thing when functioning properly. But in trucks this old, they're pretty much never functioning properly, and the easiest most cost effective fix is just blocking them off.

esievel

I just had my first experience with this solenoid. Didn't realize this would be on a non fuel injected vehicle. I was given a jump by someone who accidentally crossed the connection. It blew the fuses of everything that comes on with the ignition. I couldn't keep an idle. Fortunately I found a thread on this forum that lead me to the issue. Nice simple fix.

Ange5583

Hi

Last weekend my son jumped incorrectly and damaged the Alternator, replaced it but now engine wont idle. How did you repair your solenoid not working?

esievel

A fuse. I don't recall what it was listed as but it was a fuse.