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Originally Posted by JBG
Got a multimeter, went to test my glowplugs a la Diesel Giant's tutorial, and can't stretch the negative probe to the battery and simultaneously test the glow plug ports (they are on opposite sides under the hood). What do you guys do, use an extension wire wrapped from the negative post to the multimeter?
Little obstacles....
I'm pretty sure my glows are in a bad way; it was 40 degrees today and I had to crank three times, 10 to 15 seconds each, before it would turn over.
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You either have a really wide 123 or really short wires on your multimeter. I put the multimeter in the middle of the engine. I stick the black wire in the ground connection. I stick the red wire in the plug.
Mine reads .4 when I hold the wires together. When I test the plugs I get 1.0, so I subtract .4 from 1.0 and get .6, which is good. I have an analog one too, but I like the digital one better. Some day I'll get a really nice one that can zero out.
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