I'm very sorry to hear that. I can't even comprehend what you must be going through. I hope you folks are doing all right. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help. We will also keep you in our prayers.

As far as the car goes, my understanding is that, if the glow plugs have been converted from loop to pencil, all you should need to do is connect the wire running to the first glow plug to the fuse on the firewall and it should work. Have you tried that or is the wiring messed up too much?

I'm also struggling with glow plug issues on my 240D turbo -- the plugs were converted to pencils but not wired correctly. I've already tried the tip I gave you but it didn't work for me, so now I need to check out the rest of my system. I also have a radio that the PO wired to the radiator and have no issues with battery draining.

That's sweet that the PO put in a new alternator bracket -- those things are $$$!

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

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