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Well, we had a 50 degree day yesterday so I thought I could finally get it started & moved onto the concrete pad to work on passenger side glow plugs. I plugged it in for 6+ hours, but it wouldn’t start. I went old school. I put a tarp over it, as best I could in the wind, & set up my 50K btu...

I did not get to work on it this weekend because I couldn’t get it started to move it onto the concrete. I had it plugged in for over 10 hours and a fully charged battery. It was in the upper 20s, but my tractor fired up with only 2 shots on the glow plugs. Aarghhh!!!

I am the king of cutting fingers, banging head on something, rust in eyes, etc. About the exhaust manifolds, any chance of being able of getting to them to replace via the same method. They are both rusty/rotted and the passenger side has been blowing by since I got it. I am already figuring...

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Are you talking about the wheel well metal?

Cool, I appreciate the info.

There were no heat shields on the manifold. I am pretty sure that I was looking at 2, 4, & 6 with the last one (8) not visible or touchable. I got the normal glow plugs, not the Insta-heats. I debated about trying to pull that fender well, but it looked like a super pain. It looks like the...

Well, I finally got a look at the passenger side glow plugs, sort of. I could only see 3 and two of them had no wire connected. The other had a wire but it may not have been any good as I think the spade on the plug partially broke when I removed it. The furthest one to the rear of the truck is...

It was the PT wiring I was looking at. I tested the voltage with the connectors off. The bad wire has broken insulation all the way around with exposed wire. All off the connectors were somewhat corroded. The truck did start with a single application of the glow plugs without being plugged in at...

I got the drivers side plugs out & they all lit up when tested. They were AC’s & I got 4 new ones to replace them, but I don’t think they were very old. I get 11.47 volts on 3 of the leads and 9 volts on the damaged lead. I am thinking of replacing the wiring harnesses.

I hate to sound stupid, but I can’t figure out how to add my truck info. Under my profile it has my DOB & State. I have a 1997 Chevy K3500 flatbed with single rear wheels, just a farm truck.

Great responses!!! I haven’t used any starting fluid. Is running the “Wait to start” a couple of times before trying to start the same as manually triggering the glow plug relay for extra time?

Are there any complaints on the glow plugs from SSDIESEL? They do appear to glow hotter than standard plugs (at least by their pics) and they say they won’t swell.

Yeah, I saw a non egr intake on eBay and that’s what I have. Glow plug time.

I thought I sent an update the other day, but apparently not. I plugged it in for 4 hours and it fired the 1st try in mid 40 degrees. I saw one wire to a glow plug on drivers side is damaged but may still be working. I didn’t get to measure voltage due to it pouring rain. I let it it idle for 30...

I haven’t put any parts to it yet, so I am not sure where that came from. Plugged it in for 4 hours or last weekend and it was about 45 degrees. It started on third try and I let it idle for 15 minutes. It did not do the popping this time. I didn’t get to drive it, but it confirms the sporadic...

And, I take it that EGR’s aren’t fixable?

Ok, I wondered if vacuum had anything to do with it. When I went to test the truck for purchase a year ago, it did the exhaust popping consistently when decelerating on the freeway. The guy found that the vac pump was bad, but had a used 6.5 that he pulled one off of and replaced it. It then ran...

Also, the PMD is on a heat sink & moved away from the IP. I do not have a spare PMD.

I did take a video, but I get an “oops, error occurred “ when trying to put it on YouTube. A guy I work with watched it and wondered if the EGR valve was functioning right? I am not sure how to verify if it is working. I am looking for a problem that is intermittent and would think that a valve...