Originally Posted by sokoloff

Well, after what I went through, I'd say that it WILL come out IF you can get a straight shot at it with a drill. Mine was #1, but I thought that it would be able to reasonably get to all of them except maybe #6. But I've never had to do #3, so I'm not positive about that. Any chance that a right angle drill would work? Heck, even if you've got to buy a new drill, you'll still be way ahead of having to take it to someone to remove the head to the tune of $2500!! Plus you'll have a new tool.

I'd get more aggressive with the drilling much sooner the next time I've got to do it, but I sure hope there isn't a next time.

Get all the threads removed from the glow plug that attach it to the head before you start drilling. Be careful not to nick the threads in the head. After the plug comes out (and it will - think positive), run a tap over the head threads to clean up any nicks you might have caused. I've got the tap size somewhere if you need it.

Len
'99 E300TD 72,000 miles