chumwon
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I rubbed a little oil on the o rings. Should I take them off an glob some assembly grease on them?
Low power, black smoke, hard cold starts=bad injectors?
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79jasper
Chickenhawk
Probably too late now.
Clean the inside of the caps for burs?
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Clean the inside of the caps for burs?
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chumwon
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I checked all the insides an they were smooth. I have more o rings so I'll try some grease first then I'll swap o rings. Is assembly grease what should be used or soak in oil?
79jasper
Chickenhawk
Oil doesn't seem to work as well.
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chumwon
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Alright thank you sir I'll take em off rub some assembly lube on them an see what that does!
riotwarrior
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Long er short
Thick er thin
Vaseline will gitter in
I have usually just used clear petroleum jelly ...vaseline with no issues myself for most every single O ring install all my life.
JM7.3CW Eh!
Thick er thin
Vaseline will gitter in
I have usually just used clear petroleum jelly ...vaseline with no issues myself for most every single O ring install all my life.
JM7.3CW Eh!
79jasper
Chickenhawk
Make sure you feel them snap on.
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Put the top O-ring on, then roll the bottom one over it. If you use a piece of hose to cover the threads it helps with install, and lessens the chance of damaging the O-ring. It sounds like you may need a set of glow plugs. Use only Motorcraft/Beru brand, no Autolite, Champion, etc.
chumwon
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Well after some new o rings an vasoline and made sure the caps were all the way down she seems to be sealed up now! Just the hard first start problem now. Is there anyway to test the glow plugs or the solenoid/controller to see if there's an individual problem instead of replacing them all? The connectors that hook to the top of the glow plugs look to be in rough shape, can you replace just them? Thanks everyone!
chumwon
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Awesome! Thanks DaveBen I know what I'll be doing this weekend!!
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
The quick way to test glow plugs is with a 12 volt test light. Take the clip that normally hooks to a ground and clip it onto one of your positive battery cables. Then unplug the wire off the top of the glow plug. Touch the probe on the end of the test light to the top of the glow plug. If the test light light lights up, the glow plug isn't burned out. This won't tell you if the golw plug is about to go out, but it's a quick way to check for burned out ones.
chumwon
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So you do these tests with the key off? And just touch the tip of glow plug, not the threads, with connector off and other end hooked to positive terminal? Because I've checked most of mine that I can easily get at with a test light an cheap multimeter and none of them have measured any ohms or light up...am I doing something wrong or are they all somehow bad?! Thanks again
79jasper
Chickenhawk
Test light to bat pos, probe to glowplug tip. (Where the connector would go)
Yes, key off.
For ohm meter, ground to ground, test lead to tip also.
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Yes, key off.
For ohm meter, ground to ground, test lead to tip also.
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chumwon
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Wow, yeah that's what I did an double checked the 7 i could get to an they all failed.... guess this would explain the 10-20 sec first start after it sits for half a day or more..looks like they put a new solenoid an controller on that clicks like a mad man but I'll see about some new glow plugs for the ole girl an hopefully the little buggers will come out easily an not snap!..they look quite small from what I could tell
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