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Originally Posted by Diesel911
The Vacuum leak issue can also be related to your no shut off issue.
Pull the Brown Tubing off of the Rear of your Fuel Injection Pump and check to see if there is Motor Oil in it. If so the Diaphragm of the Vacuum Shutoff is starting to go South.
Attach a separate Hose to it and while the Engine is running and either simply suck on it or use the Mighty Vac (hand held Vacuum Tester that you can pump) and see if the Engine will shut off. If it does not shut off you clearly need a new Vacuum Shutoff.
There is also another Vacuum Shutoff valve located on the Steering Colum Lock. You will see another mostly Brown Tubing (I do not remember which brown tubing has the stripe on it) going through the Fire Wall. It will be the one that connects to the other Vacuum Lines.
While the Windows not moving can also be an issue with the Switches (they can be taken apart and the Contact Points cleaned/scraped).
The Door Panel can be removed and you can connect the Window Motor drect to a Battery to see if it works.
Unlike your Starter Motor the Window Motors do not use a ground to the Chassis as part of the circuit.
Connecting the Window Motor Wires to a Batter and the Window will go one way. Swapping the position of the Wires will make it go another way.
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Thanks for the reply. When I disconnect the yellow line on the yellow splitter that goes through the firewall and plug it, the car shuts off. Would this rule out the Vacuum shutoff? I checked for oil in the brown line and did not see any. Could the windows also be related to the yellow line that has the leak? Thank you for your help.
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Originally Posted by toomany MBZ
Check your glow plugs, properly operating ones should provide easy starts, if you have even decent compression.
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Yep, I am going to replace the glow plugs. The battery needs to be replaced as well. I have to jump the car with my F350 diesel and it takes a long time for it to fire. Once the car is warmed up, it turns right over. The start may be on its way out as well. After cranking for a bit, it makes a funny noise while turning off ( at least I think its the starter making the noise ). Do you recommend a certain brand of glow plugs?