noel.isaac
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This weekend I got my manual glow plug controller installed (my thumb and a momentary contact switch), and replaced all the burned out Wellman 070's (all 8 of them) with AC 13G's. It started great the first 3-4 starts since. yesterday morning the first 6 seconds wasn't enough on the first time around as it was near zero, so I did it for another 5-6 seconds. Now I have 8 plugs that need replaced again. This got me thinking about my resistors, and I should have checked to ensure that the 24 to 12v resister is functioning under a load, which I will be doing tonight. Anyway, i had a 1994 6.5 for 10 years before the ice storm of 2008 took her away from me, and I never replaced the glow plugs in her after using BOSCH plugs in her. I am seriously considering spending a bit more for them as they never gave me any problems for 5 years (or more). They came in a set of heads that I ordered from an English fella who ran a shop in Washington state (they advertised on www.thedieselpage.com back then). For the life of me, I can not rememer the name of the business.
Anyway, back on point, has anyone here done an actual study on glow plugs as to which one is the hottest burning, longest burning before burnout and least expanding for our 6.2's? I know 13g's dont last long at all, but I used them because I didn't want to put on new spade receptacles on my harness.
If I had the money, I would do a study on the Delphi HDS306, AC60G, Quick Heat tapered plugs, Bosch, Wellman's, and a few others to determine the most suited one.
I didn't know if anyone had any insight about a similar study that they could share.
The English fella said they tried to get the Bosch plugs to burn out in their tests, and the battery ended up dying instead. i think he said it took all night, and the glow plugs were still good when the battery got charged again.
Thanks guys, Noel
Anyway, back on point, has anyone here done an actual study on glow plugs as to which one is the hottest burning, longest burning before burnout and least expanding for our 6.2's? I know 13g's dont last long at all, but I used them because I didn't want to put on new spade receptacles on my harness.
If I had the money, I would do a study on the Delphi HDS306, AC60G, Quick Heat tapered plugs, Bosch, Wellman's, and a few others to determine the most suited one.
I didn't know if anyone had any insight about a similar study that they could share.
The English fella said they tried to get the Bosch plugs to burn out in their tests, and the battery ended up dying instead. i think he said it took all night, and the glow plugs were still good when the battery got charged again.
Thanks guys, Noel