Hello all,

When I first got the car, I posted all sorts of questions.
Thank you for your help and responses.

Now I will post something other than a question.

1) Autozone had the glowplug, and they were 11 or $12 each Bosch

2) Installing them (all 5) solved the hard starting, hands down!

They were kind of difficult to put in, but I was able to manage with my (not large) hands, a craftsman socket set (including the deep ones), a 1/2 wrench, and a magnetic pick-up tool. I only had to remove 1 piece of throtle linkage and a small vacuum hose to get to the last one. The coolant hose, I was able to push it out of the way, and up on top of the oil filter housing.

THE TIP - Magnetic Pick-Up Tool, and how I used it.

These are very cheap and handy. They look like a small radio antenna with a magnet on the end.

When unscrewing the little 8mm nuts, get the magnet there to catch them, esp. if you dont have a good grip with your hand. ALSO when putting them back on, If you can squeeze your hand down into possition, do it without the nut in hand. Then PASS THE NUT TO YOURSELF with the pick up tool.

Thanks for all the advice about not dropping them. I did this and it worked!

Happy Dieseling

Mark
Running WVO blends.

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1983 300CD 245K
Running WVO blends