Ran into some of these for sale.

Anyone use them or know anything about them?

Seller says Rothenbacher Engineering is a Bosch
house and has made them for Bosch.

Love to hear the good ... the bad or even the ugly.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

Excercise much discretion....that person operates under many different name plates.

So I have seen looking on line.

Even that is very conflicting as his numbers on ebay are really good. The VW guys reeeeaaaally dont like him.

Id still like to get some feedback on the gp's if possible

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

I guess if you want to try cheap chinese glowplugs these could be as good as any out there. The chance that they are Bosch is pretty much zero. There is a possibility that these will last ok but not much probability of that. I don't like changing glowplugs, too much of a pain to get them out. If they break or strip threads you won't like it much. Real Bosch or Beru yes, I won't even use Autolite too crappy for me. Just my humble experience, Cheers Dan

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It's always something simple
91 300D 603.960 (from japan) 194K
92 Toyota Diesel Landcruiser HDJ81-t 116K
02 Golf TDI new head courtesy of PO
87 300D
97 BMW 525 TDS Wagon 5spd
bunch of Onan and other diesel generators

I doubt if anyone on the Forum has tried them.

I don't think it is worth getting stuck someplace in the Cold to experiment with them.

The place I buy from has the Bosch 80006 for $8.03 each. If you bought 50 something dollars worth of stuff from them you get Free UPS Shipping. The ones I have recieved from them; last order 1.5 years ago were made in France.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

I bought a USAF van with a 6.2L HMMWV diesel in it. It has good glow plugs, but I don't know what brand, am looking to get some spares, any idea who makes reputable mGPs for a HMMWV?

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Most Bosch glow plugs are made at a factory in Alsace-Lorraine, I believe, right near the Franco-German border.

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Bosch duraterm or ac/delco 60G is what most on the GM forums recommend... I've not driven em enough to have an opinion.

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I did a quick check and he seems to be taking heat mostly for shoddy rebuilt injection pumps (also supplied by Rothenbacher, apparently). I saw reviews of other 'hard' parts, cam gears and glow plugs included, and they seem to be positive.

EDIT: Check that last comment. I later found this thread: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=269676

Suggests the GPs are Taiwanese manufacture and may be identical to Beru (?).

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Yes, Ive looked at what little is available on line about him and agree that most of the very limited info leaves him looking pretty sketchy.

That is why I asked if anyone had USED the Rothenbacher Engineering gp's and what their experience was with them.

Apparently no one has.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

I haven't used them but never let my cheapness tempt me to do business with a person with "sketchy or negative" reputation - unless they are paying cash.

I walk when my cash is at risk.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Paypal and I get along very well as the few who have tried to shaft me have found out.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

I saw those today too and put in my ebay wish list. I may try, as long as no risk they will shatter and leave pieces in the pre-chamber. Since I got a set of Craftsman ratcheting box wrenches, removing the glow plugs is much easier. They have small click increments that work between the injector tubes. I usually run a tap thru the holes (turning with my fingers) to clean carbon. You don't need the custom glow plug tap.

In my limited experience and memory on two 300D's w/ pencil type glow plugs, the bad ones I removed were Bosch and don't recall a failed Beck-Arnley that I installed. I bought a large set of the later off ebay years ago. Don't know how old the Bosch ones were. I think none last forever. My son called last night and said the 84 300D he just drove back to school has been requiring 20 sec to crank and the glow light stopped coming on. I recall that means that at least 2 glow plugs are bad, or could be the relay. I checked all with a multimeter before he left. He said it has been cold, but that is relative in San Diego.

That can be number of things: bad 80A strip fuse in relay, bad relay, connector loose at relay, no power going to connector pin for relay activation. If the #1 plug is bad, or the connection at the plug is bad, the system doesn't work, either.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Anyone with direct experience ?

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."