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Old 01-11-2009, 08:55 PM   #76 (permalink)
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Yeah, I understand the theory of glow plugs in starting. Just not sure how to make them actually go.

There is a knob that you pull which you are supposed to hold at exactly a certain distance for a certain time to make them go until a light on the dash starts to go. It's sort of a "knack" thing. Neither Rich or I were able to do it.

This will get changed during the transplant. We will make some nice simple push-button you hit to run the glow plugs.
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