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    Truck doesn't start.

    Thanks all, Joe and Ford etc.: No difference when jumping the glow plugs or running jumper- WTS light on seconds first cycle, subsequent cycles 2 seconds....then, clicking on and off for 30 seconds or so. This simultaneous with the erratic jump in voltage at the GPs, the Cold Start Solenoid and...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    OldBull, turbo, fixall, biofarmer, thank you too. burt just left for home before sabbath. So, we couldn't even start it with ether. It did rock and rattle a bit, but no start. Block heater not on long enough. Sunday, I will try testing the solenoids. Can i run wires direct from the battery to...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    OK, we speculated that the new GP controller had bad electronics inside, making it click up and down and oscillate the voltage erratically, so we shorted the fat terminals for 8 seconds on, 4 seconds off, 4x. The engine did rattle, like it does when the heater is on, but didn't start, without...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    ok, burt is here, we just checked the voltages both to the glow plugs AND the cold timing advance. as the relay for the GPs clicks, the voltages to both oscillate WILDLY from 0 to 12 volts. remember, the truck starts when it has been plugged into the block heater for 4 hrs....stands to reason...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    Here is one reason I am so 'hot' on this cold timing advance solenoid. Besides setting the timing ahead for cold starting (which it would NOT if it didn't function, or was not getting the right voltage), another forum says <<The cold advance solenoid also aids in purging air from the injection...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    Bosch brand new. I tested the ones I took out. 0.7 ohms, which leads me to believe they were plenty good and the problem is either in the GP circuit, or somewhere entirely different. New controller/solenoid/relay/timer for the GPs was motorcraft, brand new as for fuel, would my 'test' work to...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    yes,JD, if i shut down, then start within an hour, no problem starting (maybe a little roughness, but nothing of concern), but cold starts impossible! when i turn the key, wait to start light on for 10 seconds, then off and the relay starts clicking for, who knows? 40 seconds? I can shut the...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    Thanks, Burt, for posting, Snicklas, for the welcome. Added my signature. new fuel return lines added, but not new caps (but, i bypassed that with temporary lines, unless someone thinks that wouldn't have been an effective test?) again, it starts, but rough, when connected to the block heater...
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    Truck doesn't start.

    sorry for the confusion. burt was writing about my truck, so i added more information. any advice is appreciated. thanks
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    Truck doesn't start.

    yes, my truck. one battery brand new. starter 1 year old, chino brand, and fuel leaking down on it....but, also have to mention that i have suspected maybe an electrical problem? advice needed on this. i bypassed fuel line and return lines by putting clear lines from a gas can with diesel...
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