hey there,

the car (1980 300D) started after charging the battery some more--thanks for the reminder. so now i'm happy to report that after installing the fast-glow pencil plugs (my car apparently already had the fast-start relay) it's a quick 10 second glow and starts without needing to step on the accelerator.

i still have a flashing situation on my dash glow plug light--i've read this is an indication that something is wrong, but for now i'm happy it's starting and i'll look into this more after working on that durn transmission.

thanks!
noah

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1980 300D (non-turbo, 421k miles)
1984 300TD (turbo, 305k miles)
1985 Vanagon (170k miles)