We've all been doing our pushbuttons wrong!
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From: Clarksburg WV
We've all been doing our pushbuttons wrong!
What are we doing simply hooking a $5 pushbutton to the glow plugs when this guy has a ready made kit for only $60?
Ford glow plug Manual controller
BTW, would this be a decent glow plug controller? This is the cheapest I've seen one.
FORD Glow Plug Controller
edit: I dunno why those links are all screwed up but if you just click on the 'ford" part it'll work.
Ford glow plug Manual controller
BTW, would this be a decent glow plug controller? This is the cheapest I've seen one.
FORD Glow Plug Controller
edit: I dunno why those links are all screwed up but if you just click on the 'ford" part it'll work.
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From: Fitzpatrick Alabama
What an idiot. He is telling people that the Ford system energized the glow plugs when the engine is hot(it does not) and also that in the morning you just need to hold them longer with his button, which will burn them out extra quick. If you buy a good relay at a parts house it will last a long time, and I don't think there is anything special about his relay at all.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
Looks exactly like the one that was on my 86.
I had to replace it last Janurary, 23 years and over 400K miles on it when it died.
So you get a 30 dollar relay, 1 dollar worth of wire and a 4 dollar switch for 69 dollars after you add shipping.
69-30=39
39-1=38
38-4=34
Guess he got that how to make money on E bay lesson.
I had to replace it last Janurary, 23 years and over 400K miles on it when it died.
So you get a 30 dollar relay, 1 dollar worth of wire and a 4 dollar switch for 69 dollars after you add shipping.
69-30=39
39-1=38
38-4=34
Guess he got that how to make money on E bay lesson.
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From: Malahat/Cowichan Valley
I am in canada and i paid 30.95 for the relay, 6.95 for wire, and 7.00 for the momentary switch. Now with my math that comes t about 45 dollars, 48 with taxes. I would have to pay over 80 dollars to get this to my door. Dont be friggin stupid, i will send you the wiring diagram or walk you through it for free and all you need is to buy the parts. Get er done and kick this clown in the nuts!! LMAO!!!
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???
How do you know? It looks exactly like the controller in my truck.
How do you know? It looks exactly like the controller in my truck.
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
ghunt,
The 83 through 86 controller looks like this.
The glow plug relay on the 83 thru 86 trucks is exactly like the one mounted on your controller/relay.
Over the years the 87 thru 94 controller/relay changed a little, that actually looks like the early ones, 87 and 88.
That said, the 87 is the same as the 94, they just look a bit different.
Also I have read several different manual glow plug conversion write ups on a couple different forums.
Some of them would take a couple hours, have many cut wires with more wires to run to replace them.
I could do the conversion in less time than it took me to read one of them.
The 83 through 86 controller looks like this.
The glow plug relay on the 83 thru 86 trucks is exactly like the one mounted on your controller/relay.
Over the years the 87 thru 94 controller/relay changed a little, that actually looks like the early ones, 87 and 88.
That said, the 87 is the same as the 94, they just look a bit different.
Also I have read several different manual glow plug conversion write ups on a couple different forums.
Some of them would take a couple hours, have many cut wires with more wires to run to replace them.
I could do the conversion in less time than it took me to read one of them.
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Well...I know on mine, I made a small bracket to hold the switch, attached it to the aluminum bracing under the dash, and then all I had to do was ground the switch to the bracket and run a wire to the one post on the GP controller. Took a little while, but it was easy.