Input on glow plug rewiring please
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:17 am
I posted this in the sticky glow plug wiring thread, but figured I should probably post a new thread to get more feedback.
I just got a 1989 jetta with a NA 1.6. It was having slow cold starts. My stock glow plug system wasn't getting any juice for some reason and I like a push button anyway. So I ran a push button setup to a self grounding ford-type solenoid (77 wagoneer since that was what I have around).
I did not us a fuse block and ran it directly from the solenoid to the bus-bar rather than individually wiring each glow plug.
The solenoid is upside down from how it would be in a wagoneer. I found a convenient place to mount it on a bracket for some device that I have no idea what it is (that is the coolant reservoir in the background)! Black wire to battery, red/white is stock wire to bus bar. thin red wire is to ignition on 12V source with a cheap 3 dollar push button.
Can anyone see a problem with this setup other than I suck at wiring and used a crappy ring connector?
I figured my starter doesn't have a fuse and the glow plugs will never really be on any longer than I would run a starter. Plus not all glowplug systems use fuses (ford 6.9? chevy 6.2?)
Why run the fuses anyway? I am electrically challenged for sure and would love to be schooled
Thanks for any input/advice.
Adam
I just got a 1989 jetta with a NA 1.6. It was having slow cold starts. My stock glow plug system wasn't getting any juice for some reason and I like a push button anyway. So I ran a push button setup to a self grounding ford-type solenoid (77 wagoneer since that was what I have around).
I did not us a fuse block and ran it directly from the solenoid to the bus-bar rather than individually wiring each glow plug.
The solenoid is upside down from how it would be in a wagoneer. I found a convenient place to mount it on a bracket for some device that I have no idea what it is (that is the coolant reservoir in the background)! Black wire to battery, red/white is stock wire to bus bar. thin red wire is to ignition on 12V source with a cheap 3 dollar push button.
Can anyone see a problem with this setup other than I suck at wiring and used a crappy ring connector?
I figured my starter doesn't have a fuse and the glow plugs will never really be on any longer than I would run a starter. Plus not all glowplug systems use fuses (ford 6.9? chevy 6.2?)
Why run the fuses anyway? I am electrically challenged for sure and would love to be schooled
Thanks for any input/advice.
Adam