From: Jeff Gatton (jdgatton@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 04:05:46 PDT
I finally got all the swollen glow plugs out. I only
had to pull 3 of them out of the injector holes. The
pulling tool and air ratchet only worked on 1. Good
ol' vise grips and some wiggling/pulling/cussing
worked on the rest.
I bought the "super-duper" glow plugs from Kennedy
Diesel. They are actually Wellman 6A843G050. The tab
broke off one of them (cheap-ass spot weld) when I was
grinding it down to fit my connector.
The swollen ones I removed were Wellman 6A843G070.
After new glow plugs and a new glow plug relay, I'm
back on the road.
Another funny thing happened....I was doing about
35mph and hit a dip in the road, all of the sudden,
the whole truck was shaking and jumping. I think the
rear brakes/axle locked up on me. I stopped and got
out to see if my axle had fallen off or something, and
everything looked good....it drove fine after that. I
did smell some hot brakes/tires. I didn't try hitting
any dips in the road at that speed yet though. Has
anyone had a similar experience? I was thinking that
the rear proportion valve might have kicked in when I
hit that dip and locked up the breaks...
I just started driving this truck, so I'm still
learning his quirks.
Jeff Gatton
Saucier, MS
--- Ron <rojoha@adelphia.net> wrote:
> A GM door trim removal tool used along with a air
> powered 3/8" drive nut
> runner will do the job nicely.
> I have an EIR in PDF format that includes how to
> construct a tool like
> the one above. You can get it by going here:
>
>
http://www.themotorpool.org/MP%20New%20Site/Completed%20Files/39-8.pdf
>
> The tool is under "Section 3-13, Tactical Trucks,
> HMMWV, Removal of
> swollen glow plugs". But if you don't tell the tool
> the glow plug is not in
> a 6.2l in a HMMWV, it will work fine.
> Or you can buy the GM trim tool.....
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Gatton" <jdgatton@yahoo.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: 30 April, 2005 07:39
> Subject: [MV] Ahhhh the joys....swollen glow plug
> removal
>
>
> >I am so close to finally getting my M1008 on the
> road.
> > The lastest hurdle is 8 swollen glow plugs. I was
> > able to wiggle 2 of them out without too much
> trouble.
> > The other 6 are being a little more stubborn.
> >
> > After rereading previous e-mails on the subject, I
> > decided to order a set of glow plugs from Kennedy
> > Diesel. I'm also going to install the manual
> switch
> > (which I should have done a week ago).
> >
> > Does anyone have a nifty glow plug removal tool I
> can
> > borrow/rent? I found a neat looking one on the
> > internet for $55 that I will buy if I have to.
>
>
>
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