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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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glow plug relay?

I drive a 93 ford with a 7.3 NA diesel. In the mornings it will fire right up but if i drive it to town and it sits for more than 30 min. it wont start. usually i can cycle the key a few times and it will start but, not every time. please help
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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Clean the ground connection for the relay. It will be a small black wire that goes under a bolt that holds the relay down onto the motor. This gave me fits and I ran an additional ground wire from the battery (-) to that connection and have had no problems since.

Be careful - as some of the wiring is direct from the battery. Best to disconnect batterys to work on this.
 
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