Ok, the reaming is actually something I have heard of, but never really understood what is being done. Its not cleaning the threads, its actually cleaning further in, as in in the chamber, am I correct on that? Doesn't that put pieces of carbon loose into the sylinder? Isn't having crap loose in the cylinder a bad thing?
On 11/27/07, Sunil Hari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > use a 12mm ratcheting box-end wrench to make access easier - hard to get > to > with sockets. Thread the new ones in by hand - last thing you want to do > is > cross-thread the holes. Some people put a little oil on the threads, > some > don't - I think the torque ratings for the plugs are for dry threads. > > If there's a lot of carbon in the holes, you'll probably want to ream out > the excess carbon before putting in new plugs. > > And don't lose the nuts holding the electrical wires on the plugs - > they're > a bear to relocate once they fall off into the engine bay. > > On Nov 27, 2007 10:55 PM, Chris Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Today I went outside with my newly liberated meter, and found that 3 of > my > > 5 > > glow plugs seem to be bad. My glow plug light stopped working a little > > while back, and I have not been able to check that out until now. I > > measured the impedance of each one at the relay. So, I'm figuring that > I > > should just change them all. The relay seemed ok, as much as I could > > check > > it out today. > > So my question is, is there anything funky about replacing them? Spark > > plugs are no problem, unless they are in a Toyota Previa (In which case > > you > > have to take out the passenger seat, and open the floor of the van to > get > > to > > them). Its in an 82 300SD, so a 617. All five of them seem like they > > should be fairly easy to get to. The 5th one looks like the trickiest, > > just > > because of the oil filter housing, but there should be plenty of space. > > Are > > there any special tools that are needed to replace them? Do I just > > diconnect the wires, and get the appropriate sized wrench and start > > removing > > them, and then reverse the operation to install the new ones? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > Sunil Hari > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 513-205-7474 > 614-441-8164 > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
