Re: [MV] Glow Plug Removal Tool

From: Michael J. Hill (wild800@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Aug 08 2002 - 20:40:19 PDT


That is an excellent solution and is totally KISS !!!! Thanks!!

Mike Hill EMT-1
Kilo Golf Six Foxtrot Juliet Indian
86 M1009
M105A2

Liberty Krueger wrote:
>
> 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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