Glow plug harness
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Glow plug harness
Fellas, so here is my plan. The new GP harness will be in today from FedEx and i bought it for a specific reason. To use it as a model for creation of them. Only question i have is, could you just use connectors to attach the new harness to the plug? I am curious to see if it will be efficient to make them or not. Id like to help a brother out but if it needs the plug that's gonna be hard.
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I got a feeling he means the big plug over on the passenger side inner fender, attaching the glow plug harness to the chassis harness. If so, this might be the time to bypass it before it does heat up and fail, like some have in the past. Straight up solder the glow plug harness to the chassis side and call it a day. It will make it harder to pull the engine, because you'll have to label and cut the wires...but how often are we pulling engines?
Any generic electrical connector from the hardware store will work on the glow plug connection. I used regular female connects when I intalled my Autolite 1109 dual-coil plugs.
Cut the original connector off, strip the wire, slip some heat shrink over the wire, crimp the connector on, solder the connector on, slip the heat shrink over the connection, heat it, done. Only 7 left after that
Any generic electrical connector from the hardware store will work on the glow plug connection. I used regular female connects when I intalled my Autolite 1109 dual-coil plugs.
Cut the original connector off, strip the wire, slip some heat shrink over the wire, crimp the connector on, solder the connector on, slip the heat shrink over the connection, heat it, done. Only 7 left after that
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no i thought the harness connected to a plug at the back of the engine where the hot wire comes from, like behind the GPC. Know what i mean. I know what you guys are talking about with the glow plug connections, and the firewall thing(never had that thing) but this i thought was behind the GPC near the firewall. 4 plug or similar?
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So is mine. i just thought back there that there was a plug of some kind, maybe i am wrong? Ill just climb back there today or pick up my harness that should be at the post office. sweet! haha
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no sweat bro, just picked it up, it doesnt have the plug i thought, it must be from something else in the wiring or i am completely off kilter. Ill snap some pics, its in awesome shape, all the rubber is soft, loom isnt brittle. im happy.
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I got some pictures. Guess I gotta go sparingly now, as my albums have 246 pictures and I can only upload 4 more 
This is my spare engine, an 85 6.9 with the old style glow plug harness. The only thing on the back of these older glow plug harnesses is the Glow Plug controller and oil pressure gauge. The glow plug controller has an obvious round connector, which I don't think you're talking about.
This is the back of the engine. See all that crap! That's what you gotta clean off before pulling the CDR.
And this is the chassis connector, for those who are reading and don't know what we're talking about.
This is my spare engine, an 85 6.9 with the old style glow plug harness. The only thing on the back of these older glow plug harnesses is the Glow Plug controller and oil pressure gauge. The glow plug controller has an obvious round connector, which I don't think you're talking about.
This is the back of the engine. See all that crap! That's what you gotta clean off before pulling the CDR.
And this is the chassis connector, for those who are reading and don't know what we're talking about.
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What!? LOL This is the 83-86 style glow plug system.
If your truck is an 88 F350 regular cab/longbed frame, with a 94 F150 extended cab/shortbed body, AND sporting an 83-86 engine...then holy crap....you DEFINETLY own the Franken-truck LOL
If your truck is an 88 F350 regular cab/longbed frame, with a 94 F150 extended cab/shortbed body, AND sporting an 83-86 engine...then holy crap....you DEFINETLY own the Franken-truck LOL
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