[Vwdiesel] Glow Plug Relay Socket

[Bryan Belman]

I have a spare socket plug board from an 82 Vanagon Diesel, would that have one, what #'s am I looking for on it?  I do not think so, but I will look, it is out in the garage.

Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
04 Golf TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running great :<)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- not running :<
70 Type 1 Beetle -- Under Restoration forever:-)
 

________________________________
 From: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com>
To: 
Cc: VW Diesel Fans <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Glow Plug Relay Socket
  

Well, I wish you would have snipped out one of the harnesses for me!

Unfortunately, there are not any good boneyards around here for me to visit.  The only one in town is run by assholes, and none of the others in nearby towns seem to have ever had any older VWs that I've ever seen in my wanderings.

I did call the one shop in town that works on VWs and asked to see if they might have anything.  The guy said that he would look but I haven't heard anything back.


So if anyone happens to be in a salvage yard and could snip out a harness, I would surely appreciate it!  


Because I'm building my own harness, and because the TDI plug system is triggered by the ECU (after measuring the engine temp), and the ECU sends the glow plug light signal as well, it only needs a high-amp relay, the socket doesn't necessarily have to support an earlier car's glow plug.


I've even been to a couple parts places and looked through their catalogs and can't find anything.  I can't believe  how ridiculous it is to find a high-amperage relay socket that doesn't cost $75!  (That is about the only thing I've found so far.  Ugh)  I did just find a couple that look like possibilities, but I would like to see the pics to know for sure, and they don't the socket pictured.

 
Dave Cook


________________________________
From: Jim Arnott <jr.arnott at gmail.com>
To: Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> 
Cc: VW Diesel Fans <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Glow Plug Relay Socket


Wandering through the boneyard today I found a couple that'll work. You can too.

Late 90s 2.0 gas Passat or Jetta. (don't recall which it was.) There's a socket screwed to the firewall just to the right of center, just below the top. (It's not buried. Right on the top.) Has a 50 amp strip fuse on it.  Perfect!!

Same socket & fuse holder under the dash of an '88 Vanagon for the fan. Remove the fuse box and look up. #4 in the link below:

<http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/T2/1989/78/57/892511/>
251937501B
relay plate
9 pin /



On Sep 2, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have a glow plug relay socket with pigtail they'd sell?
> 
> I just need something I can plug the relay with the big lugs into for my TDI into bus conversion. The two big sockets should be in the same place on just about any, I can move the trigger wire if necessary.  
> 
>  
> Dave Cook
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
_______________________________________________
Vwdiesel mailing list
Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel