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alright, so i ordered the glow plugs off this website. i actually ended up ordering the glow plug kit (i think that is what its called) thats what i was adviced to do, so thats what i did. but, now i am at a loss as to how to wire it up. so let me know if you have any ideas. thanks!!!
ra

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Ask pawoSD to help..
I will try to search the answer tomorrow, unless someone else gets it first.
Good night.

If You Ordered The Parallel Kit, Do Not Add The Ground Wire At The End. You Will Totally Destroy The Glow Switch In The Car. I Can't Stress This In Bigger Letters.

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here is what i ordered... are those the ground wires you are refering to? thanks for the help

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my name is rachelle and i have aquired a '75 240D. i received the car shortly after my grandfather's passing away. it was one of many of his mercedes. it has been a great car, and has taught me a ton.

never take life too seriously...

Ok bad joke. You can do a simple fix to keep the engine warm by placing a 60 to a 100 watt light bulb under the hood. Maybe near the injector pump and one by the radaitor. This should keep the under hood temps above freezing. Worth a try it's cheep. This also works for the outside pets i.e. the dog houses.

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That looks like the parallel kit. Install the whole kit and remove the existing ground wire that goes from the #1 glow plug to ground. In fact just remove all the existing plugs and wires except the wire that goes to the glow plug nearest to the fire wall.

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why does the starting kit appear to be for 5-cyl engines? mine is only a 4 cyl, but the instructions even look as if there are 5 glow plugs needed. then again the kit only came with 4 glow plugs. the starter thing has 5 places for the glow plugs to be connected... i am sooooo confused? what do i do... i am trying to put the new glow plugs in this moment.

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my name is rachelle and i have aquired a '75 240D. i received the car shortly after my grandfather's passing away. it was one of many of his mercedes. it has been a great car, and has taught me a ton.

never take life too seriously...

I would think you can just wire up your 4 GPs per the instructions. Does the wiring have an extra connector that you need to tape so it doesn't short out? I think those kits are intended to be used for either 4 or 5 GPs.

alright.... i tried taking a picture of it... but i cant find my cord to connect it to my computer... what is the little grey thing with an orange cap? it has wire connected on the bottom in the shape of an "s" thanks

ra

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my name is rachelle and i have aquired a '75 240D. i received the car shortly after my grandfather's passing away. it was one of many of his mercedes. it has been a great car, and has taught me a ton.

never take life too seriously...

the new gp's are installed... but the car isnt starting. it glow up REALLY REALLY fast, but when i pull the pull start out, there is nothing. what now?

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my name is rachelle and i have aquired a '75 240D. i received the car shortly after my grandfather's passing away. it was one of many of his mercedes. it has been a great car, and has taught me a ton.

never take life too seriously...

alright... we got it to start. my boyfriend had put the ground wire on. but he took it off and we got it to start. but now it wont glow as bright... why is that? thanks

ra

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my name is rachelle and i have aquired a '75 240D. i received the car shortly after my grandfather's passing away. it was one of many of his mercedes. it has been a great car, and has taught me a ton.

never take life too seriously...

I could not have said it any clearer than I did in post #34. DO NOT INSTALL THE GROUND WIRE AT THE END. You created a direct short when you did that. Now you may have to replace the pull start unit inside the car. Good luck.

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I think that if it starts fine now, you're done. The fact the light was so bright before was because of so much current going through the system directly to the grounded cable. You probably should have blown the fuse. Worst case you could have burned up all the wiring in the car. Does the car start better? If so.. another small victory..

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yeah i told my bf not to hook it up, but im pretty sure he forgot... he even read the thread himself, several times. i think he just wasnt really thinking about it and just hooked everything up as it was. but we got REALLY lucky and we didnt blow a fuse or worse yet destroy and of the glow plugs. it does start up a lot better now though. and the indicator still does glow... its simply not as bright. not a big deal though. i dont usually even have to turn the idle up anymore when i start it, which is awesome. so thanks for the help... thankfully we still pulled it off. thanks!
ra

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my name is rachelle and i have aquired a '75 240D. i received the car shortly after my grandfather's passing away. it was one of many of his mercedes. it has been a great car, and has taught me a ton.

never take life too seriously...