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Old 10-16-2017, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by shertex View Post
I actually have a shop vac...what I wasn't clear on was to how to rig attachments in such a way as to get down in the hole.
I use a series of rubber hoses with duct tape wrapped around the end as a seal ring. Wrapping a few rounds of tape on a 5/8" hose makes it fit tight into the vac hose. The tape forms a really good seal which isn't necessary but it is quite efficient.

I never blow anything into a cylinder on purpose. I use heavy grease on the reamer when I do glowplugs. Most of the carbon comes out then.

Turning the engine over after reaming glow plug hole blows most of what the greasy reamer misses.
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