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03-10-2008, 10:58 AM
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Violet Wire Mod Works
I made a post a while back about hellatiously smokey start ups and thinking the valve seals were bad. How wrong was I. At the suggestion of several members here, I did the "violet wire mod" while hooking it up to a thermal relay to allow for afterglow. Well with diesel at $4.20 and rising about 20 cents a week my truck is parked and the Benz is the DD now. It fired up this morning (about 11 degrees outside) with only a small puff of white smoke. All the blue smoke that poured out for about 1-2 minutes is gone. Thanks go to Babymog and all who suggested it.
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03-10-2008, 11:18 AM
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What did you use for the thermal relay? where did you mount it?
I am glad it works for you as I want to do it myself...
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03-10-2008, 11:39 AM
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Seach a post I made "afterglow, done right" I took an extra relay I had laying around and used the thermal switch already in the head. If you use the switch to drive the coil of the relay it works like a champ. I mounted the relay on a little tab I fabbed up just outside the engine heat shields.
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2003 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins - Georend fully built trans, Banks Big Hoss Bundle, Smarty Tuner, 5" turbo back exhaust. 500 HP and 1100 ft/lbs to the ground. 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300CD - Lost to a four car pile up on 275, Thank You Michigan Drivers. 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300D - Sold, Euro non-turbo car.
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03-10-2008, 12:27 PM
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03-10-2008, 01:54 PM
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!  1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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03-10-2008, 02:00 PM
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Just got around to it this last weekend actually and I, like a jack@$$ I might add, forgot my camera at my shop about an hour and a half drive from my house. I'll try to get down there this week, but saturday for sure i'll get to it. Thanks for your patients.
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2003 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins - Georend fully built trans, Banks Big Hoss Bundle, Smarty Tuner, 5" turbo back exhaust. 500 HP and 1100 ft/lbs to the ground. 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300CD - Lost to a four car pile up on 275, Thank You Michigan Drivers. 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300D - Sold, Euro non-turbo car.
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