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I agree mike.......technically the threshold for the ISM glow plugs is 55 ohlms. My point is the glow plugs can be checked without removing them which is what exactle what ant says cannot be done.

Your kidding me, right? Here...watch some of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEaaoktcs0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7dAPNZD3t4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk5IPReMEs0

So does that also mean the only way to test a light bulb is to connect it to power and see if that glows or lights?? Dude, I sure hope your not a professional mechanic.

Whatever you say. LMAO

I hope you just aren't understanding my description, because I guarantee you it is correct. A glow plug burning out is just like a light bulb or a fuse, 0 resistance if they are good, infinity resistance if they are bad. If you put one end of a continuity tester (registers Ohlms of resistance...

How is that telling you that it is just has power? I said disconnect the strips (which is the power) In my explanation above, all you are doing is checking continuity.....just like you do for checking a fuse or a wire, ect. It allows you to check the glow plugs without removing them.....

On the L555's...if you drained the hydraulic system and refilled it, they would do exactly as you described. The trick is to fill the system with the cap off of the suction screen (I would actually fill the system through there because you can pour oil in faster). If you fill the system with...

You can check glow plugs with a continuity tester while leaving the glow plugs in the machine. Remove the power strip that goes from glow plug to glow plug. Put one probe on the positive (threaded) part of the glow plug and the other on a ground. If it is a open circuit, the glow plug is burned...

Put the service/start switch in the service position. If the machine now starts, the problem is in the interlock system. If the machine does the same, it is in the start circuit.

They had a problem with oil pressure relief valves on those engines. There was a campaign that your machine might have needed, or had done. Regardless, I would check into this. We have had several damaged engines this. The good news is the relief valve is easily removed from the outside of the...

They also had lift check valves that were prone to failing......located in the control valve. Brian

The thing that jumps out at me is, you said the prior owner just changed the hyd oil. If you change the hyd oil on these machine, when you fill them back up, you need to remove the cap on the suction screen or it can get air locked. I have seen it many many times. Get that cap off, clean the...

I believe they were made by Bradco. Brian

With standard Grouser or Loegering tracks, you can dish the wheels the other way and be fine without spacers. Brian

Below the fuses in the engine compartment, there are two relays. One is the start relay and the other is the engine preheat relay...they look identical and actually are the same part number. By far the most common cause of this problem is the starter relay. They are cheap and easy to replace...