Glowplugs...So I'm Screwed Aren't I?

[blizzardplowman]

Here's an even simpler trick, find a nut of the size required to fit over the broken stud of the glow plug. Square up the stud as best as you can, grab the wire feed welder and weld the nut to the glow plug, between the heat of welding and the proper size 3/8 ratchet they come right out. We have used this on several truck and it works slick. Changed all 8 on our 01 in a hour and they all had snapped off. We reinstall ours with copper anti seize on the glow plug threads to make future changes easier.

 

[Mad Maxx]

Here's an even simpler trick, find a nut of the size required to fit over the broken stud of the glow plug. Square up the stud as best as you can, grab the wire feed welder and weld the nut to the glow plug, between the heat of welding and the proper size 3/8 ratchet they come right out. We have used this on several truck and it works slick. Changed all 8 on our 01 in a hour and they all had snapped off. We reinstall ours with copper anti seize on the glow plug threads to make future changes easier.

That didn't work for me. Glow Plug just kept breaking off lower and lower

 

[tammlyn]

well there is room to drill them out ,all 8 are done,it was kind of a high bill but my health stops me from doing these jobs after 28yrs of wrenching it kind of drives me crazy its really hard to find someone that will take pride in their work and do the best they can as they would do to there own vehicle good luck to all that broken glow plugs,i have read some horror stories on google where some people left the shop with bills between 4 and 5 thousand for plugs

 

[RI Chevy Silveradoman]

Glad to hear that you made out OK.

 

[Mad Maxx]

well there is room to drill them out ,all 8 are done,it was kind of a high bill but my health stops me from doing these jobs after 28yrs of wrenching it kind of drives me crazy its really hard to find someone that will take pride in their work and do the best they can as they would do to there own vehicle good luck to all that broken glow plugs,i have read some horror stories on google where some people left the shop with bills between 4 and 5 thousand for plugs

Yea, those bills usually happen when you gotta pull the head and get the glow plugs milled out by a machine shop, or if the tip falls into the cylinder, but that's very uncommon.