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aaahhhhh crud!!!

Hi all,

Just had a great time trying to change the glow plugs on my 2 litre TD Montego. Try as I might, I just couldn't get the things out, I could turn them a bit but that was it...

Then, come back to the first one WD40'd it hoping to free it off a bit left it to soak in a bit, tightened it back up a bit then tried again.

It turns a bit then whoops, the nut rounded. now its about halfway out (but still tight) wont go in, wont come out.

The car still starts and runs but for about 2-3 seconds it is a bit rough first thing so I'm not that concered about changing them but thought it might be a good idea.

Any ideas?

Tim

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Tim Anderson
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Get a single hex 12mm socket on it and keep turning it in and out, using wd40 liberally until it comes out.

MrCheerful

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MrCheerful

Tried that, thats how I eventually rounded it :(

Might just give up on it as I can't think of a way of doing it without possibly causing more damage. It's having it's front brakes sorted on Sat so might get the guy who's doing that to take a gander.

At least Winters (hopefully) coming to a close, might get nearly another year out of it before I get major problems.

Tim

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Tim Anderson

It is usually only double hex sockets that round off things !! The cure is to weld a cheap socket on and use that to remove it.

MrCheerful

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MrCheerful

Yep, thats the other idea I had. I think it garage time as I dont know how to weld (yet).

Tim

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Tim Anderson

If the car starts OK and you aren't that worried about changing them, why were you changing them?

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Alan

Sorry, maybe I wasn't that clear. Starts first time but seems to struggle a bit, like a petrol when the dizzy caps knackered seems to not quite fire on all cylinders for a few seconds. After that it runs fine so I was just going to swap them to solve that.

Going to the local mechanic on Sat for the brakes to be done and he says he will have a look see what he can do. Says he will probably end up welding a socket on it (MrCheerful suggested the same thing) and he will change them if he can get them out :)

Hopefully it wont start so rough once done.

Tim

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Tim Anderson

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