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Well, I finally got around to changing my glow plugs... or so I thought!
Started off ok, undoing the bolts for the air intake pipe, and then it all started going wrong - after I'd got both the intake pipe and the turbo2inlet pipe off I set too on undoing the glowplug bus bar. That was ok for 3 of the glow plugs, until I got to the one nearest the bulk head!...... where's the black hex head gone??? damnit!!! The brass bit with the screw thread was there, but nothing to turn it with! Man was *I* annoyed! Took me 40mins with a pair of needle nosed pliers just to get it loose enough to turn, then 20 mins turning it 1/8 of a turn every two or three attempts! I was going mad! Then when I finally got it off, I thought I had a 12mm long reach socket - oh but did I ?? - what i'd seen was a 14mm spark plug socket, which is not the same at all! Phoned the missus, but didn't realise it was just after halfords had shut, so thought, sod it, i'll put it back together! COULD I GET THE turbo2inlet pipe back on?? Could I FCUK! Had to change from my battery powered light to a mains clip light, which subsequently got smashed into the engine bay when the missus decided to trip over the wire by accident! Finally, after 3 hours overall, I'd got it apart, and back together achieving nothing.
WOW.
LOL
Started off ok, undoing the bolts for the air intake pipe, and then it all started going wrong - after I'd got both the intake pipe and the turbo2inlet pipe off I set too on undoing the glowplug bus bar. That was ok for 3 of the glow plugs, until I got to the one nearest the bulk head!...... where's the black hex head gone??? damnit!!! The brass bit with the screw thread was there, but nothing to turn it with! Man was *I* annoyed! Took me 40mins with a pair of needle nosed pliers just to get it loose enough to turn, then 20 mins turning it 1/8 of a turn every two or three attempts! I was going mad! Then when I finally got it off, I thought I had a 12mm long reach socket - oh but did I ?? - what i'd seen was a 14mm spark plug socket, which is not the same at all! Phoned the missus, but didn't realise it was just after halfords had shut, so thought, sod it, i'll put it back together! COULD I GET THE turbo2inlet pipe back on?? Could I FCUK! Had to change from my battery powered light to a mains clip light, which subsequently got smashed into the engine bay when the missus decided to trip over the wire by accident! Finally, after 3 hours overall, I'd got it apart, and back together achieving nothing.
WOW.
LOL
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