johnny curt 1 said:
as long as the spring thing is ok on the back of the balance resistor bracket and not shorting directly to earth normally the 2 bolts through either end of the spring are insulated with 2 bakerlite washers or similar :D:D:D;);)
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it's not a spring it's a coil of resistance wire
 
Sean said:
it's not a spring it's a coil of resistance wire
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sorry for my potential sounding thickness but to anyone who isnt clued up on exactly what it is can easily be confused by technical names

so for confusions sake i called it a spring for want of a simpler description :D:D
 
johnny curt 1 said:
sorry for my potential sounding thickness but to anyone who isnt clued up on exactly what it is can easily be confused by technical names

so for confusions sake i called it a spring for want of a simpler description :D:D
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''coil'' has less letters - how much simpler can it get

''spring'' implies a purpose
 
Sean said:
''coil'' has less letters - how much simpler can it get

''spring'' implies a purpose
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what i mean in a practical sense is it looks like a spring and feels like a spring now come on mate lets not get all ****y with each other and ruin someone elses thread with this non essential argument :cool::cool::cool:
 
johnny curt 1 said:
what i mean in a practical sense is it looks like a spring and feels like a spring now come on mate lets not get all ****y with each other and ruin someone elses thread with this non essential argument :cool::cool::cool:
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I'm not getting at all ****y - am just calling a spade a spade, or in this case a spring a coil
 
I'd leave the relay in, it takes the load off the ignition switch.

It should/could be wired like this;

85 ground to chassis

86 positive feed from ignition switch per-heat position

30 to positive feed from battery

87 to one end of coil/resistor/spring

Other end of spring thing to top of first glow plug

Bottom contact of first glow plug to top of next and so on, until

Bottom contact of last glow plug to chassis ie; engine block.

That's if they are low voltage glow plugs!

If they are later plugs, 87 goes to end of resistor and a wire then goes from the same end to the top of every glow-plug in turn, and the last one is not connected to chassis. That means the resistor is not used, its connector is just used as a convent wiring point.

Hope this helps.
 
I have got a mate who can make sure I don't feck this up but thought i'd give it a go myself and all advice on here is appreciated, it's good having a community of people to give advice like this
 
First off you have some issues all the live wires or switched live wires should come through the bulkhead via a rubber gromet or insulated medium not poked through a metal hole! The wire will in a short period wear through and short to ground causing fires and all sorts of molten plastic and possibly catch the whole car alight. For the effort use a 10p gromet!!!
 
there is something draining the battery, i don't think it's a problem with alternator cos the charge light isn't on when it's running, could it be something to do with this relay?
 
It could well be but you need to do a few things,

Establish how much current is being drawn when it's left alone. depending on how much current it being drawn depends what equipment to use so you need to find out if it's above 10A draw before putting a cheapo meter in there as it will soon go poof if the current draw is more thn 10A.

Once you have a suitable meter in there measuring the discharge current then start pulling fuses until the current draw is minimal. If the circuits with fuses do not find the source of the current draw you need to look further like dissconnecting the wiring for each item one by one until the current drawing circuit is found.
 
cornishboy1990 said:
there is something draining the battery, i don't think it's a problem with alternator cos the charge light isn't on when it's running, could it be something to do with this relay?
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Yes... quite possibly, if the relay has already got hot and smelt of burning it would suggest it is dead... this **could** mean it has shorted out and giving a permanent feed to the glow plugs... which would REALLY drain the battery,

Or, as mentioned earlier, as you don't have a rubber grommet and you have wires passing through the bulkhead you could have a damaged wire which is slightly shorting to earth which would also drain the battery.

Do you own a multimeter?
 
As bump says tidy the wiring make it safe then sort the relay out then if you still have issues wih battery draining then check other circuits.

Wire poking through the bulkhead doesnt inspire confidence wih the previous owners wiring skills. That dodgy relay would be a likely area to start if I'm honest.
 
Yea, my mate has a meter he can pop up and have a look, was a petrol conversion so whoever did that did the wiring, will deffinately make sure its all safe first
 
I would re-route the wire passing through the glow plug resistor it could short or is shorting as the resistor get quite hot under load ,grommet as mention where cables pass through bulkhead ,change relay to fused type,less risk of harness fires
 
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