Anyone done something like this? I took apart a Mercedes connector and snaked 5 female contacts from it, soldered a 10 gauge pigtail onto it and formed a loop on the other end to be fastened to the glow plug harness with a screw and nut, then taped over with high temp silicone tape. This is what it looks like test fitted on a glow plug....nice and tight and should work well imo. I plan on doing a compression test every 15K as part of monitoring engine health while running WVO and want to make the job as painless as possible. No more dropping those 8 mm nuts into the void.

I reported earlier that I had low compression in #1 but that was due to a leak in the gauge. I've since fixed it and the compression in #1 is 325 psi and the other 4 cyls are also 300 to 325 psi. Engine is running very well at the moment with new Monark nozzles and I intend to keep it that way.

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no need to go to all that trouble.
just cut out a section of the eye, and only loosen the 8mm nuts. pull the wire off with the nuts still on there...

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Neat! I wish I had this when my 8mm nut wouldn't come off.

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Your way is slower. I do not have to loosen any nuts, just need long nose pliers to pull the connectors off. Should take less than 30 sec to get all 5 wires off. The goal is to do a compression test w/o removing the inj. lines in under 30 minutes. The pic is not very good. I'll take a better one with better lighting.

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 161K now
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked