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Originally Posted by MadmanCruiser
I did this on one truck that I have and it worked perfectly.
However, I too am electrically illiterate, and tried to do this on another truck (same year i might add...83 BJ60 with superglow) and no matter what I do, I blow the fuse. I have it wired so that I can glow the plugs with the ignition off, but as soon as I press the button, the fuse blows. I have installed brand new plugs, I don't see any current with the keys off so something is bad here. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what might be going on and what I should check for?
Right now i am having to hold a wire to the positive post of the battery and to the glow bar to get the truck started. Not ideal when its freezing outside.
I'm lost.
Thanks
Adam
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Scrap the wilson idea and start all over.
You need to control the two small wires on the primary glow plug relay.
Take fused power(the same size as the glow plug fuse. And run it to a push button switch. Out the other side of the switch go directly to the relay. Use a new wire. Splice it to one of the small wires.
Then the other small wire goes to ground.
When you press the button(ignition on) the power will go to the relay and make contact. The large wires should not have to be touched.
I would take the wire from the glow plug fuse and splice in a wire of the same gauge to run to the switch and so on.
Forget about your timer.
If you want a light, take a second wire of the back side of the switch and run it to the factory lamp. Like a jumper.