by monoblock » Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:34 pm
I fitted this Engine Stop from Saturn Sales so here are a few notes to encourage others:
"I found a military surplus "ENG STOP" from Saturn Sales #109 38 437 - -$24 delivered. This will give a luxurious upgrade of an in-cab shut off!
The alternative part is from a Mitsubishi Fuso and has more fittings on it.That may make installation easier.But I could not find any reference to it being used in our trucks.The part # is MC082118 $25 on FleaBay.Or MC638299."
I cut about 4" off the outer sheath.It fits & works well. It requires more fabrication than the Mitsubishi part appears to need because it has no fittings on the end of the cable.I moved the hood release over a little and fitted it to a diy bracket between the relocated hood release and the brake release.It looks sorta stock there. I haven't hit it with my giant boots getting in and out.The inner cable was kinda kinked near the handle but that is a good anti-theft device.If you don't push the Eng Stop back in firmly -the truck will not start! And it certainly does not just self-return .
As several others have noted, the FSS is difficult to remove with the injection(not lift)pump on the truck because access is so difficult. Cutting off the redundant part of the obstructing bracket is suggested in these prior posts. Without the special FSS tool I showed in a previous post ,I had no alternative but to cut off the useless ear. Regular crow-foot/flare,flex+flare, open or box end thin-wall wrenches did not fit around the bracket-as others noted also. I have all these tools because I usually work on Porsche/Jaguar.
So why is the offending injection pump bracket so needlessly large? I stumbled across a probable explanation for this bracket design .Care to guess it?