jenko
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So that controls one of the solenoids.... hmmm.
I think that there are only two solenoids in our carbs.
1 for slow fuel circuit
1 for main fuel circuit
Slow fuel is for your idle (at least your idle) and on my ute it was at the back of the carb aka towards firewall.
Mine were both controlled by the computer though, can't remember a switch on mine.
Test your slow fuel solenoid (though it sounds like it's clicking).
I may have something stuck at the end of the needle?
Or it's not functioning correctly.
It should be off when decelerating preventing backfiring until the vacuum comes down then it'll start idling again.
It may be off when under full acceleration and that's what your switch was achieving.
Is that linkage affected by vacuum? (diaphragm with link perhaps) That'd do the two jobs in one then.