From: Liberty Krueger (libertyk@bellatlantic.net)
Date: Thu Aug 08 2002 - 08:27:11 PDT
Here is a suggestion for anyone on the list that is thinking of buying one
of these.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1849503419
I bought one of these glow plug tools. It worked like a charm on the first
glow plug. It broke on the second plug and was useless after that. The core
of the tool isn't heat treated and is to soft to stand up to much use. After
doing some research, I found a much cheaper and much more effective way to
pull swollen glow plugs. Go to the hardware store and buy a metric nut.(10mm
x 1mm)I found mine at Aubuchon Hardware for 63 cents. You'll also need a
pair of vice grips and a hacksaw if you don't already own them. Clamp the
nut to a flat surface and cut it in half with the hacksaw. Then after
backing the glow plug out as far as it will come, take the 2 nut halfs and
clamp them to the exposed threads of the plug with the vice grips. Now just
back the glow plug out the rest of the way. It works like a charm and it's
cheap!
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