Vacuum valve and glow harness

External Since: Nov 02, 2006 Posts: 43

I'm hoping to find part numbers for the vacuum valve between the vac
pump and the brake booster (it's physically broken) as well as for the
harness between the glow relay and the plugs (one of the leads is frozen
on the old glow plug, and the insulation is all cracked and broken off
all around), but I can't seem to access detali.ru. Anyone know where it
went, or if I can find this info elsewhere?

Thanks.

-tom!

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External Since: Nov 27, 2007 Posts: 30

On Apr 24, 10:58 pm, Tom Plunket <to....TakeThisOut@fancy.org> wrote:
> I'm hoping to find part numbers for the vacuum valve between the vac
> pump and the brake booster (it's physically broken) as well as for the
> harness between the glow relay and the plugs (one of the leads is frozen
> on the old glow plug, and the insulation is all cracked and broken off
> all around), but I can't seem to access detali.ru. Anyone know where it
> went, or if I can find this info elsewhere?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -tom!
>
> --

I'll look and see if I have any part numbers for those, but they seem
to be pretty generic items. You didn't mention what year and model you
have. So I assume its for a '79 300TD.

The vacuum valve is just a check valve with two exit ports. The trick
for that one is getting the right size fittings at the auto parts
store. As long as you are replacing the valve, you can replace the
vacuum hose that its connected to as well. Getting all that shouldn't
cost more than $10 or $15 at the local auto parts store. Assuming, of
course, that they have those hose and valve sizes in stock.

I would think that the harness for the glow plug is also generic. If,
by harness, you mean the large diameter wires that run from the glow
plug relay to the plugs. Assuming you have enough length to work with
(which may be a bad assumption), you can cut the old connection off
and strip back the wire and attach a new connection. Otherwise, its
just getting a few feet of large wire to replace it.

I should mention that I haven't done either of these things, but I
have been looking at my check valve on my 84 300D recently to inspect
it.