Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Auxiliary glow plug switch.

My 59 190D has that one too. Max

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Ygmir Tunn <ygmir111@att.net> wrote:

my 72 220D has the pull out, manual knob. I like it best! total control

Henry

On 1/17/2014 12:15 PM, Max temple wrote:
> Hey, I had a 1977 240D with the exact same hookup. Had a toggle switch
> on the dash on the left side of the wheel. I just counted to 10 or
> something like that. It worked great. Had one of those big Ford type
> relays. I would not hesitate wiring one of my cars like that. Maxc
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> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Mark F <mark.internet@yahoo.ca
> <mailto:mark.internet@yahoo.ca>> wrote:
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> I had a 1977 240D that I rigged up with a toggle switch connected to
> I think the violet wire going to the glow plug relay.
> As I remember, it bypassed the relay timer.
> It would keep the plugs glowing after the motor started as well.
> This helped cold weather starts too.
> One other person that had done the same mod would flip the switch
> when he went through the drive through and found it quiter when he
> was ordering.
>
> Mark
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> *From:* Lawrence Rhodes <primobassoon@sbcglobal.net
> <mailto:primobassoon@sbcglobal.net>>
> *To:* "diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
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> *Sent:* Thursday, January 16, 2014 9:32:04 AM
> *Subject:* [diesel_mercedes] Auxiliary glow plug switch.
>
> I have found that working glow plugs make a huge difference in
> starting a diesel. Sometimes just a little more time is needed.
> You can do this with double starts which means running two start
> cycles. Another method which on one car became the normal method
> was to put in a manual glow plug switch in. This includes a simple
> automotive relay you can buy at a parts store for under 10 dollars
> or take one from under the hood of just about any car in a junk
> yard. Very simple. Two connections of the four or 5 terminals are
> the activation circuit. Two others(usually the big ones) carry the
> current to the glow plug circuit.(a circuit in electrical terms can
> be as simple as a battery, switch and light bulb with wires
> connecting them together.) You hook a direct connection from your
> battery to a fuse, then the relay, from the relay splice into the
> glow plug circuit. Then you have to connect the activation circuit
> using a momentary switch. I found the pin in the circuit that
> activates the glow plug light so when I push the switch the glow
> plug light illuminates. I believe I have documented this somewhere
> on the this lists website so look for the pictures if you are
> interested in this modification. I count to 5 normally. 10 in
> winter. Lawrence Rhodes.........
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diesel_mercedes/photos/album/754486194/pic/list This
> is not mine.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diesel_mercedes/photos/album/215944240/pic/list nor
> this.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diesel_mercedes/photos/album/899645931/pic/list my
> modification of a series model 1977. Requires using different glow
> plugs that ground.
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