building a glow plug harness

[03wr250f]

I am thinking of building my own wiring harness anyone ever used this or know of any problems? Since I am not going oem and going with a cheaper option I just want to see if anyone has had any problems with this. I am thinking of putting ring terminal ends on and hooking it to the relay that way any problems with doing it that way?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-0L-2004-2...ash=item4634f389e9:g:NwkAAOSw1DtXFaPo&vxp=mtr



Thanks!

 

[DaveBen]

Your post is showing a 6.0 harness and you have a 7.3 in your signature. The two are NOT interchangeable. Why use rings when the glow plugs (BERU/Motorcraft) are post? This looks like a BIG headache. Stick with what works, stock.

 

[03wr250f]

from everything I have heard is that they use the same diameter bullet ends as out 7.3 glow plugs do. I am reffering to adding a ring terminal end in place of the electrical connector the 6.0 harness uses. I would simply put the ring terminals on the stud of the glow plug relay. Does that make sense.

 

[pafixitman]

Look at @laserjock build thread. He is using the six oh harness. If I remember correctly, Shawn in Delaware was the first to go that route.

 

[laserjock]

Look at @laserjock build thread. He is using the six oh harness. If I remember correctly, Shawn in Delaware was the first to go that route.

It works okay but can use some tweaking. The spacing is close. But it isn't perfect. It's a good starting point if you find it at the right price.

 

[03wr250f]

good to know! $20 seems like a good price for me!

 

[03wr250f]

Could you send a link to your build thread. I cant seem to find it @laserjock

 

[laserjock]

It's in my signature.

You are looking for April/may of this year.

http://www.oilburners.net/threads/project-big-red.63615/


Post 1039 I think is the best bet. There and shortly there after maybe. I'm relocating my GP controller.

 

[Shawn MacAnanny]

I used it an I didn't have any issues. Yeah they were a little tight around the two intake bolts and the one was close to the turbo but I put 11k miles on it with no issues. Mine stayed tight, never came loose. I'll be using them again when I replace the glow plugs on the 1990 I picked up.

 

[Shawn MacAnanny]

http://www.oilburners.net/threads/perfect-new-glow-plug-harness-cheap-too.76533/

 

[MtnHaul]

Pretty easy to DIY a new harness. I used 14g wire to bullet connectors from NAPA, routed the wires to a power distribution block with 30 amp fuses, and used a large wire with ring terminals on either end--2/0 or a bit smaller I can't remember--to connect the power block to the GP controller. Been using it for nearly 20K miles and only had a connector rattle loose two or three times. I tried to delicately pinch the bullet connectors a little to get a tighter connection and that seemed to help with them rattling loose.