how to change glow plugs

[lizard]

I've heard that they can break off when undoing the plugs, were yours tight to undo

[aitch]

I think that I need to replace mine as it is a sod to start on these cold mornings then clouds of smoke for the first couple of minutes then runs just fine - what are the correct size to get? sorry to sound daft but didn't realise there were different sizes

[lizard]

Youre right, it is a sod to start, 20 bloody minutes the other morning . I hope that the different length can be seen by the height of the glow plug rail.

[francophile1947]

Mine had the 102mm plugs and I couldn't find any. I tried the Ranger ones, as Ian said these were the elusive size, but my local factors all had the Ranger as 83mm.
Result was I fitted the 83mm ones and just bent the pipes between the injectors so that they didn't foul the bus bar. I just used a block of wood, resting on the pipes, and gently tapped it until they were bent down enough.

[pilajake]

I've heard that they can break off when undoing the plugs, were yours tight to undo

They have been known to snap on removal
This is down to the extreme hot/cold temperatures that the metal is exposed to and they become brittle.
Hope this doesn't happen to anyone. My plugs were easy to remove , thank God.
Now she fires first time every morning
All the neighbours are happy