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damn diesel

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well, my caddy failed me the other day.
i left work at 1am, it was about 17 out, and she wouldn't start, and lucky me, i never put my jumper cables back in after i had the interior stripped out. :roll:
so i went back that morning with a friend and some jumper cables, it still took me i bet 20-25 mins to get her running.
i think i must be down at least 2 glow plugs. i'm off today so i'm going to replace all 4 of the little bastards and run a few checks on the rest of the GP system to make sure everything else is good.
so, its 9:30am, 20 degrees, and i'm headed out to play with some glow plugs..... god i hate no.1 and 2 plug, they SUCK!!!
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I remember those days, it don't matter if it is -17 below or 110, if you ain't got the glow plugs it won't start....

Funny thing is they go bad one at a time not all at once.... So I Learned a lesson.... Keep 2 of them in the trunk or the Glove box. then a 10mm wrench and the 1/4 in deepwell and t-handle to remove them.. I also kept 4 of the fuses for the glow plugs... Got stranded in BF Illinois, and I soldered the old one back together....


I did the 2 gallons of gas per 8 gallons of diesel in the winter, and I never had gas line gell or fail to start once. But then I got a 1200 CCA battery from interstate, had to beat the fan shroud to get it to fit.
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got them all in and sure enough, 2 dead.
i went ahead and did all 4 cuz the other ones looked pretty old.
did away with the busbar too. i ran 10GA wire to each GP, made it a HELL of alot easier!!!! also now i can check each individual GP if i think one has gone bad.
now comes air filter, fuel filter and alt belt... but the damn 'zone gave me the wrong belt....bastards.
i run anti-gel stuff from napa, can't remember the name. it's like 1/3 cup to a tank of fuel, only gelled once on me...when i forgot to put it in. :oops: :roll:
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done and done!

they gave me a belt for no A/C and with PS, i have no PS and, get this, they don't have a number for a belt for a diesel with no A/C and no PS!!!!
the guy behind the counter didn't know what to do, so i told him just to give me one that was the same width but about 2- 2 1/2 inches shorter.
the funny thing was he didn't even know what the numbers on the belt were for!!!!!! :shock: :roll: dumbass.

but anyway, she purrs like a kitten now.
the bad thing is number 1 and 2 injectors are not spraying right or are dripping, there was some good size deposts on the those glowplugs.
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