ORIGINAL: Piddler
I have installed a remote glow plug on a Thunder Tiger 61 the ground is monted on the engine, with one of the mount bolts. I have followed the directions given with the NI-Starter Remote Glow kit. It does not work. I have tested the engine by connecting my glow plug igniter directy to the engine and every thing works fine. The engine is inverted and hard to get the igniter on the glow, due to the nose wheel. I haven't had time to mess with it, but I plan on trying to mount the ground wire under the glow plug and see if that works. Is this a common problem with remote glows?
I just encountered this with an inverted Saito 100. The spring loaded glow plug connector developed slop in the connection. When inverted, the contact drops away from the glow plug tip, losing contact. Upright (with the plane inverted) the wire drops in and makes loose contact. I found this discouraging, the setup only had a dozen flights on it.
I cut the wire and stripped it, and soldered it to a 1/16th wire collar. I Dremel'd a groove in the collar for the wire. I drilled the one-sixteenth collar to one-eighth inch, slid it on over the end of the glow plug contact, and tightened the collar screw. So far, it works.
Good luck,
Dave Olson