[Vwdiesel] GLOW PLUG FUSE

MikeyBigFish at wmconnect.com MikeyBigFish at wmconnect.com
Sat Jan 29 02:27:11 EST 2005


Folks,
       Old Paint ('86 Golf Diesel 1.6 NA) plays hell getting started.
Have replaced 5 yr. old battery w/ new Advanced Auto "850 cca" battery. $60 
US.
Added 4 oz Power Service to fuel tank about 30 miles ago.
It is still cold out 15* Fox, and she scares me just to start.
Have tried activating GP w/ ign.key 4-5 times and crank starter 1 min or so.
Repeat, repeat, repeat,,, and finally get a breath of fire out her and nurse 
start. 
       I know when cold oil gets thick, so I add assist w/ a battery booster 
pack.
Now I wonder if my problem is that 50 AMP fuse mentioned in emails past.
I like to think it was a Hagar perhaps emsg converting INCH-MM scale while
using an anchovy tin for an emergency fuse. Great McGyver material!
So I go to check the fuse and can't find the blasted thing. 
I looked all under the dash, and all I find is the fuse box.
      The fuse box/panel position #14 has a good 10 or 15 amp fuse in it.
Not a 50 ampere fuse to be found. 
I think the boiler plate on panel door refs to #14 as Horn & GP fuse. 
Hard to read, too small print, and upside down.
Oh, horn doesn't work either but GP Idiot Light does. 
You know,  the coiled-spring symbol light, right ?
Is that what I should be looking at,  must pos. #14 be 50amp vis 10-15?
Or am I just imagining a standalone BIGMOTHER 50 AMP BLOCK is what
I'm looking for but cannot find? 
Where would VW hide a standalone 50amp block ?
Checked for elusive 50amper in the old Chitlin's Manual, but no reference.
Where to look, was I warm, or just getting close?
Mike in 
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