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You are right - it was glow plugs. But we didn't drive to the
Mercedes place - we had to get it towed. It was in January and really
cold and nasty. Bob was really sick and couldn't sleep because of
coughing. We were staying on the AFB and they said that a tow truck
couldn't come on the base - that we'd have to go to the gate and meet
them which was about a mile from where we were. Finally we had the
idea of renting a car from Enterprise (there was one right on the
base) and they came over to get him, and he then met the tow truck at
the gate and followed him to the dealership.

The time we had trouble when we were in Memphis (it was the vacuum
system or something - the car just had no power) we did drive it over.
That Mercedes place wasn't as good. They took the doors apart and
said they couldn't get the parts and finally Bob told them to put it
together and give it back. He then went to an Autozone and got the
part for about 85 cents, and took the door back apart and fixed it
himself in the parking lot of the motel.

Had you been a little bit more Diesel Savy, you would have known that
all myou really needed to do was go grab Momma's Hair Dryer, and blow
HOT Air down the Engine Intake Manifold, and that engine would have
started on the first Compression Cycle of each Cyl. No need for any of
the rest of the Story except you could have driven anywhere you wanted,
as long as you didn;t let the engine cool off....

Ten Thousand Truckers can't be wrong.... and you thought that they kept
those things in the Cab to blow Dry their Hair, Right?