I had one on my 77 240D. Had a toggle switch. No problems. Started everytime. Its easy to count to 5 or 10 and then start. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> Just ask Brian to grab one on his up coming P-A-P jaunt .
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> Have you take the old one apart for cleaning & polishing of the contacts yet ? .
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> I know new ones are available making the amoratized price very low indeed .
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> I really don't think the push button Ford relay set up to be a wise idea except in extreme cases because too short a heating interval means hard starting & cylinder/injector coking , excessive starter wear , whilst over heating will cause short glow plug life , this is why the early cars had the " Salt Shaker " illuminating device and the later cars all went to the timer relay ~ in the long run it's cheaper and more reliable .
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> -Nate
> Lawrence wrote:
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> > At this point since my glow plugs won't come on even with a gentle persuation of
> > my relay it is time to get a new one or modify this one. I'm using my jumper
> > cable to to power my glow plugs now. My idea if I can't find or rebuild my
> > current one which I think needs new capacitors is to use a heavy duty relay and
> > a momentary switch. That should work. If there is a plug in replacement I'd go
> > for that too. Lawrence Rhodes........
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