I was told not long after I bought it to put a toggle switch on the glow plugs to help with the cold start
Welcome. I am also new here and would like to share my glow plug experience.
I opted to replace glow plugs with the Bosch Duraterms. The left side is a breeze to replace once you remove the wheel. I removed wheel, inner fender and turbo downpipe on the right side and just had to use long forceps to remove and replace plug wires on 6&7.
A good ohm meter to test plugs resulted in 6 of the eight being dead or low resistance (below 1.0) resulting in my poor cold starts. Now my cold starts are perfect and relay holds for adequate time and cycles according to outside temp. Best move made for Canadian winters.. I dowsed plugs with PB Blaster every night for a few days in advance to allow penetration and the plugs came out with little to no effort.
Good luck and keep us posted
Willy
Last edited by tractorwilly; 01-03-2015 at 15:08.
96' GMC K1500 Z71 ext. Cab
Stock 6.5 TD w/pmd relocate.
Bosch Duraterms, Diamond Eye 4 in. Turbo back exhaust with flow through muffler.
Coming soon: Diamond eye crossover and manual wastegate with pillar gauges.