Glow plugs
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Glow plugs
Just bought my uvchS vc gaskets and glow plugs from clay where's a good write up on the best procedure to replacing them tricks and tips wanted torque specs for everything thanks guys
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I just finished doing this on mine about a month ago, here's a few things I found out and what helped. It's not that bad of a task took me total about 3 hours cause I painted my valve covers.
1.) The bolt on the rear of the valve cover towards the cab (both sides) is a pain in the *** to get to. I used a swivel, and a short 13mm.
2.) I had to remove my AC compressor from it's mount (did not disconnect hoses) to get the passenger cover off, I removed the serp belt also.
3.) Remove the fill tube (will seem obvious once you dive in)
4.) When removing the GP's, loosen them, then use a small piece of hose to slip over the end, make sure it fits snug enough to turn them. Find this piece of hose before you install the new glow plugs to make it easy. The reasoning for this is that you can't get the GP's out completely with a ratchet (10mm), it will hang up on the rockers. I took a 10mm deep well and made it a thin wall on the bench grinder and you can get the glow plugs out without hitting the rocker arms.
5.) BUY MOTORCRAFT / BERU glowplugs.
6.) Put anti-seize on the threads of the new glow plugs before putting them in, save yourself the headache later.
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1.) The bolt on the rear of the valve cover towards the cab (both sides) is a pain in the *** to get to. I used a swivel, and a short 13mm.
2.) I had to remove my AC compressor from it's mount (did not disconnect hoses) to get the passenger cover off, I removed the serp belt also.
3.) Remove the fill tube (will seem obvious once you dive in)
4.) When removing the GP's, loosen them, then use a small piece of hose to slip over the end, make sure it fits snug enough to turn them. Find this piece of hose before you install the new glow plugs to make it easy. The reasoning for this is that you can't get the GP's out completely with a ratchet (10mm), it will hang up on the rockers. I took a 10mm deep well and made it a thin wall on the bench grinder and you can get the glow plugs out without hitting the rocker arms.
5.) BUY MOTORCRAFT / BERU glowplugs.
6.) Put anti-seize on the threads of the new glow plugs before putting them in, save yourself the headache later.
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I didn't take off the oil fill tube or the a/c compressor!
No idea what the torque spec is - I just put them in "tight". My torque wrench only does foot pounds anyways.
I tightened all the rocker arms while I was in there.
No idea what the torque spec is - I just put them in "tight". My torque wrench only does foot pounds anyways.
I tightened all the rocker arms while I was in there.
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