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743 glow plugs?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 3611" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>Roadkill, presumably poor access to the plugs will not allow use of a hex flare-nut wrench (I don't know the real name for these gems, but they are like an open-end wrench, but wrap around the nut and grasp nearly all the flats). Another idea is to sacrifice a 12mm socket and just grind it down where ever it needs to be smaller (my father left me with a few of these modified sockets for specific hard-to-get-to places). I have occasionally purchased a wrench, then heated it with a torch and bent it to the right shape. Worked for me. Maybe a last resort is to use vise-grips, but if you round off the flats on the "nut" there's not much else to be done short of getting enough access to use yet a larger pair of vise-grips. The ones I removed (most likely factory originals) were not in very tight at all. I put anti-sieze compound on the new ones. As I recall, I had to remove an injector line to access one of the plugs, but that was easier that it sounds, including bleeding the air out after reinstall. I suppose last resort is to ask Bobcat to do it, but that's about $75/hr here. Good luck. ---Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbie-g, post: 3611, member: 26"] Roadkill, presumably poor access to the plugs will not allow use of a hex flare-nut wrench (I don't know the real name for these gems, but they are like an open-end wrench, but wrap around the nut and grasp nearly all the flats). Another idea is to sacrifice a 12mm socket and just grind it down where ever it needs to be smaller (my father left me with a few of these modified sockets for specific hard-to-get-to places). I have occasionally purchased a wrench, then heated it with a torch and bent it to the right shape. Worked for me. Maybe a last resort is to use vise-grips, but if you round off the flats on the "nut" there's not much else to be done short of getting enough access to use yet a larger pair of vise-grips. The ones I removed (most likely factory originals) were not in very tight at all. I put anti-sieze compound on the new ones. As I recall, I had to remove an injector line to access one of the plugs, but that was easier that it sounds, including bleeding the air out after reinstall. I suppose last resort is to ask Bobcat to do it, but that's about $75/hr here. Good luck. ---Bob [/QUOTE]
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