Dorman 4DSM

[George1973]

Firstly I apologise if this question has been posted previously.

 

I have a Dorman 4DSM and I am new to the waterways, that said I need to replace the glow plugs

is there anyone out that who can advise??

 

Best

 

George

[Timleech]

I'm not really familiar with that model, but rather surprised to learn that it has glow plugs.

 

Tim

[Grace and Favour]

This thread may be a good place to start: Link

[George1973]

Thanks for the helpful advice

 

George

[casper ghost]

I have a 2DSM and the previous owner said the glow plugs were a Navy over engineering and he never needed to use them.

Casp'

[BEngo]

I had an ex-Navy 2DSM some while back ( 28 years ago now!!). The glow plugs were then the same as Land Rover items. The plugs were insulated return series wired 2 or 3v types IIRC so that when one failed they all stopped working. On the 2DSM there were wire coil resistances on the control panel attached to the gearbox. For a 4DSM you would not need any/all of the resistances.

 

Take the plugs out. They are/were wire coil types, rather than the hot pin type for the BMC. It's easy to recognise which one has failed because the coil will be broken. A good auto factors should be able to match them with a Land Rover diesel item, especially if you take them a good one.

 

N

[George1973]

Hi all,

 

its 12 months to date, I got the plugs all sorted and after working on the in the interior of the old boat its now time to start on the engine, however I dont appear to be having much with the engine, well in terms of locating a restored engine...ive searched the tinternet and have found the running engine on youtube other than blank. Anyone out there have any images/ footage of the Dorman?

 

Also, if anyone knows of an engine for sale, spares/ repairs etc please drop me a line

 

best