Unusual piece for sale but I don't know what it is!

[kiva667]

Price: $10

Location: Victoria BC

Description:

Someone told me what this is. But I've forgotten! It certainly didn't fit into my old NK.

 

Anyhow I was advised that the mystery part could be worth $75 or more (it is new) but I'd be happy to let it for for $10 USD plus shipping from Canada. Somebody must have a use for it! 
 

A caveat: shipping to the States tends to be pricey except when using the lowest class of service.

Edited February 28 by kiva667

[esty]

idle valve

Edited February 28 by esty

[kiva667]

Someone else told me it was 1502 specific but again, I have no way of knowing. 

[stephers]

Looks like an electronic idle cut off valve from a 2 barrel  Solex     but may fit other carbs        You may want to test it out to make sure that it is working       Hook up a 12V power to the connector and then ground the switch itself to the engine   It should click if working

Not specific to 1502       more like late 73 to 76

 

Thanks, Rick

[Conserv]

So, I think that there were, possibly, three versions (three different specs for these). They first appeared on the single-barrel Solexes (first photo — part number no longer shown on RealOEM). And although only one version is shown with the two barrel Solex (second photo), when I last replaced the valve on my ‘76 — let’s call it 2011-12 — there were two versions listed for two-barrel Solexes in the parts catalogue — probably one for the ‘76 49-state versions and a different version for everything else.

 

And I would have sworn they listed for close to $300 each at that time. My sense is that they found a different supplier and discontinued one version — 49-state, since it’s less… generic?

 

Is there a part number on the valve?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[kiva667]

Ok I'm going to send a few pics and let the experts figure it out.

 

The only reason I'm asking $10

plus the shipping cost is to cover the interminable amount of time I'll have to spend at my local Canadian post office, converting CDN to USD, dealing with agents that act annoyed when they have to serve a customer etc etc

 

I got the part for free in a bag of other stuff I ordered. Someone must have left it there by mistake!

 

 

Edited March 3 by kiva667