Moderately sacrilegious perhaps, but the recent price increase of the fuel shutoff valve is ridiculous. So on the fcp euro site i was looking at 85 300D stuff and the 'fuel injector solenoid' looks just like a shutoff valve, so I ordered one. For $58.60. The cheapest I could find it other wise was for $134. I'll report back if it is actually a shutoff valve. And I still need gaskets, but I can make those.

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1985 300D-189k The 'UD', Ivory and Pinkamino
1979 300D-211k Dark Gray, Parchment
A 1980 Harley-~166k and
A 1994 Ford diesel pickup-349k and
A 1990 gasser Volvo wagon-145k

i bet some of the engineers on here could fabricate an electric shut off valve.....

There's a picture on here of an electric solenoid on a 115 gasser retrofitted to diesel on Malta (if my memory serves me right). The price for that valve is outrageous.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

It's the right part. Still too expensive, but the cheapest till someone finds a workaround. The part and PN:


IMG_2881


IMG_2882

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1985 300D-189k The 'UD', Ivory and Pinkamino
1979 300D-211k Dark Gray, Parchment
A 1980 Harley-~166k and
A 1994 Ford diesel pickup-349k and
A 1990 gasser Volvo wagon-145k