Yes I took it apart & got rid of the big volcano on the contacts. However I
think it's the capacitors that went bad. 34 years and 400k miles is plenty of
time for it to live. Instead of tearing apart the board and putting new
capacitors which BTW is just a guess. It's probably just cheaper and easier to
find the original relay and count to ten. I've seen them with the old style
glow plugs for 101 dollars. I just need the relay as I"ve gone to the fast
parallel plugs. Think a used one will last a while? Really don't mind if the
new ones are built as well as the old ones. 400k and 34 years is good for any
part. Lawrence Rhodes....
Re: 1977 glow plug relay wanted and/or pinouts
Posted by: "Nate" vwnate1@yahoo.com vwnate1
Date: Sat Sep 3, 2011 9:24 am ((PDT))
Just ask Brian to grab one on his up coming P-A-P jaunt .
Have you take the old one apart for cleaning & polishing of the contacts yet ? .
I know new ones are available making the amoratized price very low indeed .
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 .
-Nate
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