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Rmccaig86 · May 31, 2022

Ok so im replacing my valley pan and while replacing im obviously removing components. Well I figured I should do my glow plugs cause why not. And my passenger rear glow plug disintegrated after removing the harness from it. So I literally having nothing to grab with channel locks or anything......suggestions?

Rmccaig86 · May 31, 2022

Oh yeah
86 6.9

Nero · May 31, 2022

As in the top half snapped off?

StephenZ · May 31, 2022

I’ve had great luck drill with a 1/8” drill bit. You can only go do deep, but almost 95% of the time the bit causes friction, heats up the tip of the glow plug and becomes one with the drill bit. Just have to remember to blow the dust build up out so your bit can get down to the tip of the plug.

Rmccaig86 · May 31, 2022

As in at the head level there is nothing but a little nub with no way to grab on to it. I have a feeling some of the other ones are gunna crumble also. The truck on has 68000 miles on it but it sat since 1994.

Clb · May 31, 2022

Probably tripple that #
These Speedos roll over.
left hand drillbit put some air into the injector port to spit the garbage out
Godspeed

Nero · May 31, 2022

Oof. Could try drilling, but I'd be worried about debris falling down. Or, leave it. Run on 7 glow plugs.

Jesus Freak · May 31, 2022

I'm with Nero. Just roll with it. It'll crank on only 3 or 4 good glow plugs. And at some point the motor has to come apart, deal with it then. And like Clb said, there's no way it's 68K.

Nero · May 31, 2022

It's entirely possible, my truck only has 93k on it, but for added proof I bought it from the original owner.
But as some comfort, my in laws truck has two glow plugs that are dead and won't unthread, so I left them unhooked. Fires up fine.

Cubey · May 31, 2022

Nero said:
It's entirely possible, my truck only has 93k on it,

And my RV had about 70k when I got it. (81.5k now)

Jesus Freak · May 31, 2022

70K or less on a 20+ yr old RV is common. The best place to get a low mileage big block is a motorhome. I'm just saying that I'd be sceptical on an 86 truck.

Cubey said:
And my RV had about 70k when I got it. (81.5k now)

ih8minimumwage · May 31, 2022

Run it as is, but in the meantime clean all around it and soak in PB blaster/Kroil/ATF & Acetone to free the threads. Can drill in enough for an extractor, then heat as hot as possible with propane/mapp torch and twist it out. Or just drill for the extractor and heat with an acetylene torch and it'll spin out.

Clb · May 31, 2022

Jan of 19
The 93 in my sigline...
If you have docs saying that's original, RIGHT ON.
WIN
MY buddy put 1\2 a million on a 6.9, you could push it in gear by hand, it was toast but it ran!

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Jesus Freak · Jun 1, 2022

That's pretty amazing Clb. I had a 95 with a 5.0 in it. When that odometer gets to 399,999 and your expecting 400,000 it actually goes back to 300,000. I felt robbed, but if you have an OBS truck that reads 300K it might actually be more.

Clb · Jun 1, 2022

Thanx
Goofy A z z ferd engineering.
I can understand the digital keeping track, but rolling back?
F u b a r

....Oh i shoud replace this.......SH*T.........Ummmm.

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