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Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-25-2017, 07:34 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Mike D,

I would love to pull the glow plug system out of my '81 (will be parting out/selling the rest) and replace the system I have in there now. I just don't know how "compatible" it may be. I don't like...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-25-2017, 07:31 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

tyl604,

I'm afraid towing THAT many batteries would slow down a 240D EVEN FURTHER.
Curious thought, though....

snapped_bolt

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-25-2017, 02:54 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Hybrid?!?

1979 240D
Pencil Glow Plugs
Post-1979 cylinder head

It makes part shopping trying at times. You want to search "79", but then remember the engine is later.

Gotta say I likes them pencil...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-25-2017, 10:59 AM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Slight update

OK

Needed to go to town last night. Reamed the stubborn glow plug hole with a 1/4-20 tap using a slight "sawing" motion. Took a minute to clear the bore. Glow plugs all threaded in by hand and...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-23-2017, 02:27 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Starting issues

If you need starting issues in your 240D, here's the recipe I found under my hood:

Begin with at least 3 dead glow plugs. But remember that one glow plug should only glow on the opposite end of...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-21-2017, 05:33 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Pics

The head-scratchers.

The terminals are red, the wire insulation is melted at the end. It must have "resolved" itself because the melting stopped. Probably burned through whatever made the...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-21-2017, 05:15 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Crispy terminal

This is interesting. When I removed the plug, it wasn't broken or physically damaged. But I guess now this is a possibility- it happened. May have been an insulator failure. There is a melted plastic...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-21-2017, 05:02 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Relay?

Well, I mentioned the box on the firewall, and gave the part number. I think it's where the "click" comes from when I pre-glow.
There is a glow plug fuse on the firewall below the box, but only one...

Forum: Diesel Discussion

06-21-2017, 04:34 PM

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Posted By snapped_bolt

Can't find it

.. that stupid glow plug fuse.

This car: 1979 HYBRID 240D

...has 12mm pencil glow plugs

Looked for a fuse on the firewall. To my surprise, there was a fuse, still good. And no...

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