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Originally Posted by JBG
Well, I'm done for now.....dropped my 8mm wrench down beyond the 3rd glow plug! It's a tiny wrench and I can't reach it. Guess it'll either stay there for a while or fall out. Tried getting it with a magnet but I don't have anything that'll reach down that far. At least I can tell my mechanic that it's probably the 4th and 5th (and maybe 3rd) glow plug. Hope the wrench doesn't get loose while I'm driving it and destroy anything!!
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At autozone they have magnets on an extendable stick. I dropped a wrench and a screwdriver bit down there and got them both out with the magnet. You can get your wrench out..its big enough for the magnet to find easily..keep trying!
As for wrenches, I used gear wrenches for both the little nut and the plug, but next time I'm going to go to sears and buy a craftsman 12mm ratcheting box end wrench with a nice 5 degree swing, because my gear wrenches almost didn't cut it...I have barely enough room to swing the wrench. But its not that hard...I was a little daunted by a few of them and they turned out to be easier than I though. And since its something that you've going to have to tend to every year or two, it would probably be best to get familiar with changing the plugs.
Good luck, and don't forget to put anti-sieze on the new plug threads to make your work easier next time around.