|
Home made glowplug reamer.
Cost: Nearly free.
Time to make: About 30minutes.
Parts needed: Old glowplug, 1/4" drill bit, hacksaw (or die grinder), vice grips and welder.
Remove the innards of the old glowplug with the vice grips. It takes a bit of work to get the tip out but it will eventually come out.
Drill in the bit until approximately 1" is out the tip.
Cut off the butt of the bit about 1/8" before the body.
Haul out the welder and weld the bit to the body.
Clean off any weld overshoot from the wrench flanges.
Done!
Simple as that, it takes probably 1/2 hour to make one the first time.
The glowplug shaft is 0.24" so the 0.25" bit gives it a little room. I would have tried bigger but I wasn't sure at the time how big I could go. Now that I found this thread I see I could have gone up to a 3/8" bit.
|