1972 Q-Jet Idle solenoid

Posted: 10/30/16 4:48am Message 1 of 7

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Vette(s): 1969 (2) - 1970 - 1972 - 1975 - 1989 - 1994 - 1996 - 1998 - 2003 - 2009 - 2011 - 2014

I'm looking for a picture of the "correct" idle solenoid for my 72 Vette with factory A/C to compare. I only recently purchased the car and the seller had no idea what was done to the car before him (he owned it for almost 17 yrs) and there seems to be a lot of mickey mouse things done to the car, which I want to correct.

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Vette(s): 1973 Orange Metallic Coupe (orig owner), L82, 4 spd (WR), PS, (A/C & PW (I installed from wrecked 73)), leather, AM/FM Stereo, ran with '65 FI unit earlier & will again some day. 2023 Accelerate Yellow HTC Stingray

Might get a Factory Assembly Manual (AIM) and a Factory Service Manual. I'll try to check my parts book after the game and see if there's any info there.

1973 L-82 4 spd

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Unfortunately they don't have an actual picture in them.

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Couldn't even find it in the parts book.

Might try to get a look at a NCRS judging manual to see what it says.

1973 L-82 4 spd

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Vette(s): 1972 T-Top Elkhart Green 77,000 miles, Original Owner

You can get the correct solenoid from lectric limited. I just got one a couple months ago.

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Hello There,Assuming you have a Q-Jet Carb,go to Quadrajetcarbs.com and look for carb parts and click on Stop Solinoids and you will find all kind of Idle stop solinoids.Also there are some on Ebay..

I have bought and used both Q Jets and the one's on Ebay..

Good Luck and have a great day...
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Vette(s): 1972 Steel Cities Gray T Top. Original Owner, Original Paint and Interior. The running gear has been rebuilt. only 250,000 miles on the clock..

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb193/WETVET/IMG_0003_zpsjrwqmzjw.jpg

Hope this helps.

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