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Old 03-06-2013, 05:25 AM   #54 (permalink)
AndrzejM
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Originally Posted by 320touring View Post
Yeah I have an electronic shut off solenoid (I think!- can you post a pic so I can confirm? still new to diseasals!)
Yes you have an electric shut off solenoid. It's located on the top of the injection pump, close to high pressure fuel hoses.

I think that it could be done with a simple switch for testing and you have a manual DFCO then and a kill switch. Or you can geek more and build a fairy simple electronic device with a switch for getting "throttle pedal released" signal and a signal from an alternator to get revs/min signal. Then if you have revs like above 1000 and throttle pedal is released it gives DFCO signal to the solenoid to cut the fuel off.
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