glow plug extractor tool
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glow plug extractor tool
6 glow plugs are stuck. The idiot that owned the engine before me put champions in it....
Has anyone used a glow plug extractor tool. it looks like they are about 100 bucks and i dont feel like spending money on something that doesn't actually work.
Thanks in advance and please give me some good news
Has anyone used a glow plug extractor tool. it looks like they are about 100 bucks and i dont feel like spending money on something that doesn't actually work.
Thanks in advance and please give me some good news
Mountain Pass
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Champion Glow Plugs
I pulled eight Champion GPs out of my truck yesterday. They seemed to have a slightly smaller diameter electrode so they were carboned in place in the pre-combustion chamber. I got all eight loose when the truck was cold, tightened them back up, then I started it up and ran a bunch of errands. When I got home I loosened them all up hot, shot some "PB Blaster" down the hole and commenced to wiggling them out. It worked for me.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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Getting the new Motorcraft GPs in was a chore because the hole was smaller diameter inside the pre-combustion chamber due to the carbon build-up. More "PB Blaster" down the hole and some wiggling of the GP and they all slid down. <o></o>
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I'm almost positive they are expanded because one that came out was balooned but not enough to get stuck. I'll give it a try but i'm almost positive at least two are really balooned.
were any of yours expanded or was it just the build up
were any of yours expanded or was it just the build up
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A previous owner put champions in the engine at some point before I bought it. All but 2 were known bad. Much to my surprise they weren't ballooned and didn't give me any grief- except for one plug which they didn't have tightened down all the way and was plugged with carbon. But they all came out without issue. Perhaps I just got lucky but they might not all be ballooned on yours.
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i hope thats the case here
does anyone else have and advice I just put the engine in and havn't started it yet should i just tighten them back up and keep going and hope for the best for now?
does anyone else have and advice I just put the engine in and havn't started it yet should i just tighten them back up and keep going and hope for the best for now?
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i have had very good luck using PB Blaster and an slow speed electric drill.
i unscrew the plugs, then spray the crap out of them. then i hook the drill up to the glow plug and spin the plug while gently pulling up and pushing down, spraying pb to use as a lubricant. this will cut the tips enough to remove the plugs.
TAKE YOUR TIME!!
this is not something that can be done in a few minutes. it takes hours to accomplish, but it is still better than pulling the heads.
i unscrew the plugs, then spray the crap out of them. then i hook the drill up to the glow plug and spin the plug while gently pulling up and pushing down, spraying pb to use as a lubricant. this will cut the tips enough to remove the plugs.
TAKE YOUR TIME!!
this is not something that can be done in a few minutes. it takes hours to accomplish, but it is still better than pulling the heads.
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Soak them suckers with PB blaster, let them sit, soak them more, work them in and out slowly and carefully, did I say soak them more with PB Blaster? I dunno about using an electric drill to spin them tho, a 1/4"-drive ratchet sounds more suitable to me...
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The drill trick worked for me on a couple of mine last winter. Lot's and lot's of pb blaster though in case the other guys forgot to mention it 
If you get one stuck that the drill wont pull out then you can make an extractor tool pretty easy out of a 3/8-24 nut. Just split the nut with a dremel, unthread the gp until it wont go no more, then slip two halves of nut around the base of the gp and hold with a wrench and continue to unthread it the rest of the way.
If you get one stuck that the drill wont pull out then you can make an extractor tool pretty easy out of a 3/8-24 nut. Just split the nut with a dremel, unthread the gp until it wont go no more, then slip two halves of nut around the base of the gp and hold with a wrench and continue to unthread it the rest of the way.
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Bore brush next time.....
The next time I pull my GPs I'm going to run a bore brush down the hole while I'm bathing it in "PB Blaster". I think a .17 or maybe a .22 will work........I'll keep you posted.
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Blaster is good *****. i buy it in gallons. if you give it time to work, it works wonders.
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you would have to put an awful lot of pb in the cylinder to have it make a difference.
i am thinking you could probably put 2-3 ounces in there without having to worry about hydro-locking.
i am thinking you could probably put 2-3 ounces in there without having to worry about hydro-locking.