[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings # 141 --- ( &%§Æ fuddle duddle Glowplugs. )

[H . Hagar.]

If I ever finish my investigations about why the plugs go south.
According to Val Christian  ---  it will be posted under Glowplugs.

Bying a Rabbit ?   if it is 10 F or below  now is the time --  Selling a
Rabbit ?   July  80 F or better    ---perfect.

I am talking about VW Rabbit Diesels  1977  to 1984    ---1.5L NA    1.6L NA and 1.6 Turbu.

If you have no problems starting ?   at  10F    soaked for 24 hours  no blockheat ?

no need to read on.   .. You got the picture .        In this forum we posted many many
tricks to get her going.

# 1.   Make sure all 4 plugs are glowing.   -----Go to Canadian Tire and get a 34-0114-0
Ammeter    60 -0-  60   6.99 dollars Canadian.      IMHO  it is one fine looking
instrument   ---with   mounting hardware  and kightbulb.7 or 8 nuts  perfect for plugs.

Mount two 12  inch     pieces of  # 10   flexible wire.   No need to disconnect
anything.    .   One end to  glowbuss one to positive on battery  -- and just read
it like it was a Voltmeter.  In a snowdrift ?   --I would  anytime.

Equus Products Inc  CA  92708.     Same as my Dashboard  Digital.

The Fuse is mounted on firewall in a black block   1.6  X  2.0  inch . cover on fuse comes off
really easy--just pull no tools needed.

The fuse is  a  flat strip of foil    10 thou  Inch (US garbage) thick   by  235 .35   wide 
by  1.7 inch plus 400 Thou long..

I sit her with 5 brand new fuses    clearly stamped 50 A.       Normal fuses of that type
is Zinc    melting point  419.50 C.    Aluminium  660.32 C.

I have dissected all and I mean ALL   the  electrics on a  1980 VW  Rabbits  ----and let me tell you if  you drive with a junper in place of a 50 cents Canadian fuse link ----  Not a good idea .  -----    The jumper like  Bart Wineland made is superb  ----use  say 10 thou
Aluminium to get home.  (To get a proper fuse).

The VW fuse will not carry 50 Amps for any lenght of time   ---my guess?   less than an hour.

IMPORTANT :    Find reason before jumpering,.

READ my lips  ---after glow on my Turbo is being removed PERIOD .   At 18 dollars Canadian?
 As soon a alternator kicks in     the voltage on plugs are too high for my liking.
For Afterglow  ----11 Volts  is not bad..

If Val Christian is correct that heatters are like Lightbulbs     Westinghouse is my source,


If plug is %100 volts   Watts are 100%  Life  100%.
             %108 volts   Watts are  112% Life    50%

             %  92 volts   Watts are   88   Life   310%.

 That should tell you that    --- reducing  voltage is a GOOD Idea.      

Best way ?      DIODES    silicon. type.   expensive but not for me   (  20 liter bucket
of dumpster diodes)   One sitting on my postal scale  ---250 gr. #  18840100  8031.

Mark Shepherd   what did the Diodes set you back  ---let us know  numbers.

Today is sunday  16 jan 2005   and  the  half sassed Viking is up to his ass in white syuff.


Hagar.