Best Source for Motorcraft Glow Plugs

[YachtTech82]

Where are you buying motorcraft ZD9 plugs these days? I am having trouble sourcing them locally. I also need the harness but I think I can build my own.

 

[IDIBOBS]

Oriellys, Napa, autozone, advanced auto, eBay, amazon. I get them from oriellys with a lifetime warranty usually in stock or a day or 2 out at most.

As for the harness yes I’d just make one. Much better and cheaper.

 

[YachtTech82]

Any female bullet style connectors work or is there a certain brand that works best?

 

[Old Goat]

I would stay away from E-Bay or Amazon for Plugs. Lots of fake
plugs out there.
Rock Auto is good, and maybe your local auto supply.

Here is a thread on the subject.

Beware Amazon ZD-1-A labeled GPs arriving with ZD-9 parts.

Since you can only buy SIX at a time from AMZN, I used two accounts. Out of the 12 plugs ordered in total only ONE is a spade. Since I now have 11 ZD9's, I would just change the harness and controller to the 87-92 version - but the labeling makes me think none of these are actual Motorcraft...

www.oilburners.net

Goat

 

[DaveBen]

Beru makes Motorcraft glow plugs. They are re-packaged and sold as Motorcraft. Any other manufacture is FAKE Motorcraft!

 

[franklin2]

Beru makes Motorcraft glow plugs. They are re-packaged and sold as Motorcraft. Any other manufacture is FAKE Motorcraft!

Beru used to also make the international glowplugs. I have found those flying under the radar and found good deals on them since they do not say "motorcraft" on the package. But they are the same good quality plugs.

 

[rreegg]

had good luck with zd9 and bullet connectors off shelf at Oreilly. Only replaced a couple that were worn didn’t rebuild harness

 

[YachtTech82]

Ended up ordering from accurate diesel, hopefully they will be here in a few days and I can get this beast running.

 

[Cubey]

O'Reilly or rock Auto

 

[IDIBRONCO]

O'Reilly or rock Auto

Those are generally my choices.

 

[DirtyWood]

I actually went through the local Ford dealer as their price wasn't much more and it was peace of mind since the dealer's supply should be the most reliable.

 

[ihc1470]

When I checked about 18 months ago the dealer was only $6.00 a plug more. Not really that big a difference for peace of mind.

 

[onetonjohn]

I got a set at the dealer, and I've gotten them from my diesel supply (turbos and pump) diamond diesel in west sac. Not gonna help you in washington, but maybe you have reputable diesel supply (where shops send turbos and injection pumps for service) near you.

 

[ttman4]

I would stay away from E-Bay or Amazon for Plugs. Lots of fake
plugs out there.

Goat

If you want to learn early on stuff, beginners stuff, dummy stuff like me, stupid stuff like me, stuff about your 6.9 or 7.3.......Then go ahead and buy them from EBAY!!!~~!

Several years ago I got a really GREAT deal off of EBay on a really GREAT deal for set of Motorcraft ZD9, don't remember how much but was cheap! (this was before word was getting round about FAKES being slipped into the goodies stream)

Stuck them in my '92 & away I went.....HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!!
Well they didn't last very long! Was very busy at the time, summertime, so I just plugged it up at night so it fire up in the morning. Finally got time to pull the new cheap Motorcraft ZD9 glowplugs out.
EVERYONE of them had swelled up, 4 just broke apart leaving everything inside the heads. I didn't want to go to trouble of pulling heads so I thought & thought for few days. Finally decided to take chance & started out using ittie-bitty drill bit, drilling thru, crank it over blowing stuff out, drilling again with bigger bit, crank it over blow stuff out, drill again with bigger & bigger bit till finally got everything out on each one.
Sweating lots worrying about breaking bit off & then still have to pull heads!!!!
Drinking LOTS & LOTS beer trying to not sweat & worry!!!
Taking time out to cuss & talking & talking to myself about how stupid I was......

If I took & added cost of the EBay cheaper Motorcraft ZD9's, cost of all the beer I drank, cost & value of lost time I spent looking for my drill bits, cost & value of time I spent probably total of 3 days all added up to run the drill while drilling, value of the aching & hurting while crawling up & creeping down from up over engine while drilling............

Well EBay is a wonderful place......just be careful!!!~!~

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Several years ago I got a really GREAT deal off of EBay on a really GREAT deal for set of Motorcraft ZD9, don't remember how much but was cheap! (this was before word was getting round about FAKES being slipped into the goodies stream)

I had just this experience. Fortunately for me, I learned about the fakes before I installed them. Sure enough, they were fakes so I threw them away.