1984 Ford F-250 6.9l IDI Diesel 25F cold start

[@jeremyst.george6711]

Sounds like you got 1 good glow plug

[@sadaaromin13]

These things you’re supposed to hold it wide open while cranking them let of once they start. Says it inside the visor.

[@carter.coleman]

Only for cold or all the time?

[@aaronkeiser6349]

​@@carter.coleman Halfway for temperatures above 32 degrees F and fully pressed when below 32 degrees F. If it's a nice sunny day you shouldn't need to at all.

[@psd28]

@@aaronkeiser6349 i never need to hold throttle down it starts right up

[@ВиталийАдаричев-н8т]

Классный трачек

[@mb-fx9wj]

make sure you unplug your glow plug solenoid wire before using ether. I blew the tips off my glowplugs after forgetting one time

[@charlesflaco7976]

Nice!!!

[@sawboneiomc8809]

Cosby Sause works...at this point what’s the difference

[@robinprice4877]

How long did it usually take to start on freezing cold mornings? Did it take longer when it hadn't been used for several days? Would it usually start without ether?

[@InternalCombustionGarage]

Nahh the glow plugs hadn’t been changed in 10 years so it needed ether when I left work early in the morning. When I plugged the block heater in it started pretty easy though. Got down to about -3 before I needed ether with the block heater but without it, it needed ether anytime it got below 32 F

[@InternalCombustionGarage]

I believe 32 F is 0 C if that helps at all.

[@MrPlowboy66]

I always wondered why Ford didn't put a tach on that spare guage.

[@InternalCombustionGarage]

Some trucks do have a tach there

[@ToasterTR]

supposedly it was an option from the factory

[@ALWhite-ub1ye]

Both of mine with that dash have a tach right there.

[@2ndspingarage]

My 91 has a tach

[@MrPlowboy66]

@@2ndspingarage 91 is a different dash.

[@2ndspingarage]

If it's crappy ether, I have to spray the hell out of it if it's that cold it doesn't do it any good. If I plug it in over night it will start right up.

[@d.j.758]

What's that yellow box on the dash for?

[@InternalCombustionGarage]

The light that says yo your brakes are fucked bud

[@linctexpilot8337]

It looks like a snowplow control

[@rcsubject9844]

That trucks looks like a fine candidate for a resto looks like it just needs floors buddy. Could even just tac up the ol license plates in there and boom your good.

[@InternalCombustionGarage]

The truck itself was seriously effed up. Ended up pulling the engine out of the rest of the truck and it got stolen that all that went to shit. I got a 95 Dodge now that I plan to trade for another 70s or 80s Ford or Dodge and another 6.9 engine to throw in it.

[@nerdneckfam4206]

:-)

[@ebmaster1015]

I have that but not diesel:)

[@InternalCombustionGarage]

351?

[@ebmaster1015]

@@InternalCombustionGarage yes sir

[@TL50-r9f]

ETher will crack your intake manifold use gasoline instead