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Old 04-20-2005, 02:58 PM
trontek trontek is offline
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Red face Don't think that will work, DieselDog. You might short it out

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Originally Posted by 240DieselDog
Then pull the glow plugs starting with #4, first on the circuit. Loop style plugs can burn out - easily detected with visual inspection. The only trick is lining up the heavy guage wire exactly as it was, alternating between upper and lower contact points.

Scorched my own #4 GP once and it disabled the entire system causing a zero GP light situation.

If you find a burned out plug but have no replacement, relocate it to #1 cylinder and the other 3 should heat up.

after moving it and get by that way??

Don't ask me how I know you can make toast under the hood if you hook all the resistance wires up to the outer contacts. the engine doesn't start very quickly that way either....
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