[Vwdiesel] More Dasher?

[Tony and Lillie]

William,

Sorry to hear about your health problems. As for the glow plugs, here's what 
my car has:

I have a toggle switch running the ford starter relay for my glow plugs. It 
works great, as long as it's not left on ;-) I usually cycle them, then turn 
them off before starting the car. That way, it's not forgotten.

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William J Toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>
;Subject: [Vwdiesel] More Dasher?
>
> In winter of 2005-6 I replaced the head of my Dasher. I then had some 
> health problems that zapped me from enough energy from working on the 
> Dasher (first Shingles & then CLL, a form of Leukemia), finished chemo in 
> Jan.'07, & still lack some strength & ambition but managed to replace the 
> LF wheel bearing & driveshaft & finally get the car on the road. Ran fine 
> the first day, then on day two, while taking it to a local A/C specialist, 
> it started missing & smoking under the hood. Smoke seems to becoming from 
> the front of the engine, as if the head gasket is leaking. I thought I 
> should wait till I get 600 miles on the engine but in view of what 
> happened, will re torque the head & hope it fixes the problem, but fear it 
> won't. Then I will run a compression test & fear I will have to remove the 
> head again. Or, I may run a compression test on the '80 dasher diesel 
> parts car & if good, replace the entire engine, if it runs OK..
>
> I installed quick start glow plugs. Yesterday, I bypassed the timer with a 
> jump wire directly from the battery to the glow plugs & it started right 
> off. Today, I cycled the glow plugs about 5 times in rapid succession when 
> the glow plug light went out, & it started right up, although missing. How 
> much current do the glow plugs draw when all 4 are activated? I am 
> thinking of using a push button starter to  activate the glow plugs 
> manually, using a 12 volt starter relay to carry the current directly from 
> the battery to the glow plugs. But maybe there is a better way, besides 
> replacing the glow plug timer relay.