Bad idle fuel solenoid?

[uhaider]

81 FJ40 does not idle.

Don't hear it click when turning the vehicle on.
Don't hear it click when leaving the vehicle on and connecting and disconencting the soleneoid.
However, do hear it click when connecting to the battery.
Engine Fuse is intact.

What to do Next?

 

[1911]

Put jumper wires on the solenoid at the connector; one straight to the battery and one to ground. If your Cruiser idles that way, then your solenoid is good but you have a bad ground in the circuit somewhere, most likely in the emission control "computer" behind the main fuse block under the dash on the driver's side. Many have reported good results by un-soldering and re-soldering the connections on the circuit board for the connector. I just made a permanent jumper ground wire from the ground wire for the solenoid where it come into the control box, to the body nearby.