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Originally Posted by Oldwolf
I always thought you were not supposed to work on hot aluminum heads. The threads are supposedly easier to strip hot than when cold. I guess not. How hot was your engine?
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The engine was hot from a one hour trip that I just returned from. So by the time I got the manifold off and was at the glow plugs it had cooled off only a few degrees I'm guessing. Fortunately there wasn't anything too hot in the areas where you had to work - very few third degree burns. 
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