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Looks like a great find coke.

yay! we have lift off. red glowing tip in 4 seconds
thanks coke
later floyd

picked up some bosch glow plugs today for the dasher from what I have read they only make Duraterm's anymore. But how can I be sure?
the part number on box is 80010 0 250 201 032-357 with hand written 70-757 on front of box
brass contact on top of glow plug.
scratching my head.
later floyd

picked up some bosch glow plugs today for the dasher from what I have read they only make Duraterm's anymore. But how can I be sure?
the part number on box is 80010 0 250 201 032-357 with hand written 70-757 on front of box
brass contact on top of glow plug.
scratching my head.
later floyd

ok I will try the duraterm's with my fast relay I didn't realize they were that much more effective.
thanks for the heads up.
You guys are a really on at the top of your craft.
Later Floyd

because I run a single tank vegetable conversion the longer glow time of the slow relay helps with initial start up.
I hope this is an experiment in progress I keep refining things as it progresses.
later floyd

I will be testing via the glow plug ports, since I am changing them, I really don't want to look at my injectors, I know I should, would be money ahead to replace them too since I don't know how old they are. They are probably all coked up. :( first I need to get the new glow plugs(Duraterm ) and a ...

Thank you, just the information I was looking for.
400 psi +at sl, I am at 28 feet above sea level
remove injector lines, magnetic pickup tool
Later Floyd

before anyone says I should have searched I did search. I just got a diesel compression tester and I am going to be changing my glow plugs so while I am at it thought I would check the compression of my dasher. The Dasher is a 1981 1.6 liter na with approx. 240K miles on it what should I expect to g...

Not wanting to drill holes in the firewall for any wires, I got creative I bought a wireless barbecue thermometer , this one has the temperature readout on the remote unit. also has an alarm at a preset temperature right now I have it set at 180 f. The highest I have seen with both my electric fuel ...

have you emailed jack@vwdieselparts.com and checked if he has the stop solenoid and if he does how much he wants for it?
later floyd

yes definitely a pita to get to I will see about tightening it up when i put the heat shield in if not before.
later floyd

Thanks, I will see if i can get a heat shield in place soon, The solenoid seems to be working ok for the time being.
later floyd

I have a 1981 vw dasher that has an intermittent starting problem, happened last summer and this week. You turn the key all the lights that are supposed to light up and gauges work but when you turn the key to turn the motor over nothing no click no dimming of lights. I managed to get it started tod...

went here http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.poeltech.de/rpm/Filterkombi_WT/Kleinteile/Einzel/einzel.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Deckes%2Bwt%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8 ordered the adapter from monopoel . It was simple once I got the adapter and fol...