Need plugs new cruiserhead

[creamychicken]

Hi i'm Drew from northern alberta, I am the new caretaker of a 85 cnd Bj70.
First off these are remarkable machines, at first my wife did not like it at all, said it was ugly. She drove it twice and now I gotta hide the keys. Everyone looks everyone asks, many offer to buy it, I am attached. If I was smart I woulda looked for one maybe did some research, but I stumbled into this one and couldn't resist. It rolled over 200000k when I drove it away. It has no dents in the skidplates, looks like a tree or lightpole met the passenger door and the roof has been removed in favor of a fj75 truck cab from the windshield up including the inner back panel looks factory on the inside. Frames in good shape body is not. Rust repair is in order. Will post pics when I can.
Runs healthy only hitch seems to be cold starts, -2 should it need to be plugged in? I hope not i'm using it as a daily driver while i'm in edmonton for school until Christmas, I cleaned up all the glow plug terminals etc. Everything with the starting system works fine as far as I can tell, metered sensors, I'd like new plugs.
The old plugs are stamped 19850-68050, and ND 067100-1450, 6v where can I get these I can't seem to find them but not sure where to look.

 

[Estancio]

Suggest you start by cross referencing the Toyota number with NGK or Bosch. Perhaps your local auto parts store can cross reference for you and order the replacements. If they cannot order for you, you might be able to order plugs online.

 

[cicak]

Smart wife. YOu should not have given her the keys.

 

[creamychicken]

My local parts store only found 10.5v plugs, when cross referrenced I ended up wiith 6v plugs with the wrong length, couldn't locate anything online through nippon or anything close enough to be worth ordering for 60$ shipping, any ideas for a diesel shop in edmonton area?

 

[yotahed]

you can use the 10.5V, but have to do away with the stock glow relays/system. I use a heavy duty ignition solenoid(similar to a older ford) and a push button switch. re wire the glow plugs straight to the solenoid, and solenoid to battery. hold button for 10 seconds and starts up fine everytime, and you can cycle them after starting if it stumbles a bit. plus side to this is it's a lot more difficult to burn them out, unless of course you leave them on for say, a minute or two...
But thats me, i like everything manual.

 

[creamychicken]

I had those ten volt plugs in the glovebox for just such a scenerio looks like that will do have to do for now

 

[yotahed]

Im not sure if it's best to run each plug with a seperate wire to each or just one to the bus bar. this is my next experiment i think. anyone tried both? i just have one wired to the first plug and eliminated the big resistor that sits in the intake manifold. the hole now serves as my boost guage/blow off valve reference port

 

[roscoFJ73]

Running them off the busbar is probably the best. Wires onto diesel engines will be less durable.
I cant recall seeing glowplugs with individual wiring,there must be a good reason,maybe something to do with resistance.

 

[creamychicken]

Also I am going to use a resistor inline to the bus bar drop voltage a wee bit mainly to keep current in check so i'm not directly shorting my batteries through the plugs, low resistance = high current = batteries go melt

 

[creamychicken]

Yotahed did you use a resistor or just wired direct and have you had any battery issues or burned out plugs?

 

[Radd Cruisers]

We have those 6V units in stock for your 12V BJ70 - call, we can help you out.

~John