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IS there any trick to be able to get a cold diesel engine to start w/o glow plugs? my buddies son left the manual glow plug switch on and apparently has cooked all 8 glow plugs. the truck is currently situated where getting power to the block heater MIGHT be possible.. but how to get the...

sloride yeah thanks.. I found that. after downloading the massive PDF file (some 16mb I think) I thumbed through it this afternoon and found most everything I need to know :>

why not make your own? all you need is some 4ga welding cable, available at just about any welding shop, and a pair of those high current connectors.. available at www.allstarracing.com and a lot of other electrical supply houses..

I know very little about diesel engines so forgive me if I sound stupid.. Generally speaking, the glow plug controler would keep the glow plugs on for 7 seconds.. after this, the 'wait' light goes out, and when you try to start the engine, the hot glow plugs provide that extra little boost to...