Good day.

I am attempting to change out my glow plugs in my 06 kj but am getting so frustrated as I am unable to find them. I know there is a cap ontop that provides power for them but I can not see any object on the engine that looks like a cap covering the glow plug. If anybody has a diagram showing locations or pictures of actual locations from their own install I would much appreciate them. I have the 06 kj manual but I am stumped where to find glow plugs in the darn thing. Thanks.

Peace.

They are under the intake manifold on the drivers' (left) side of the motor. Number 3 is hard to get to as there is a vertical inlet pipe in the way.

Have you read SAMS NOOB Guide?......lots of pictures of components there.

What glow plugs will you be using?
The original plugs for your model are 7 volt ceramics but you will struggle to find them anywhere as they have been replaced with 5 volt ones.
When you put in the 5 volt ones you at the same time have to replace the glow plug controller and have the ECM re-programmed before putting voltage on the plugs. Or you can use the 7 volt metallic ones supplied by an Italian company which has had good reviews.

Do a search on this forum for glow plugs or simply space down and look for the topic.....there recently was a whole explanation of how to replace the plugs with good pictures.

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Billwill,

Thanks for the quick reply. I will look around the intake manifold asap. I had read the newbie guide a couple years ago and just refreshed my mind again. However there are no pictures for the glow plug locations there. I also have been doing some extensive search on this forum for the info I look for, and yes there are some good write ups, but none really get into gp locations or pictures other then for #3 gp. I have the 7v metal. Thanks.

Peace.

If your alternator is on the right (as viewed from the front) top side of the (left hand "US" style drive) then shine a light diagonally down across the back side of the alternator and just in front of the intake. You will see a small vertical pipe and behind it a round (about 3/8" across) rubber cap with a wire coming off it. That's glow plug #1 the others are in line running back to the firewall from there.

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Thanks for the info. Will check it out further today.

Peace.