Well, I sawed off the tip of the glow plug where the power goes and it allowed me to place on it a 3/8 " 12 mm socket. By clearing out the upper area (pulling out the throttle linkage, clearing assorted wires, vacuum lines, etc.), I was able to get a 90 degree swivel joint onto the socket and a socket wrench on top. The angle was such that it allowed the socket to get fairly snugly fit onto the GP nut by applying pressure from the wrench on top to the oil filter housing, which nearly blocked access to this GP. Fortunately, this GP was bad, too, otherwise the work would have felt in vain
. 3 out of 5 bad GP's!
Now, I just need to reinstall all the new GP's and put it all back together which leads to 3 questions.
1) Since I pulled out parts of the throttle linkage, is there a recommended lubricant for the ball joints on the throttle linkage? Now seems like a good time to grease things up.
2) A number of posts discussed "reaming out" the carbon buildup from within the GP sockets. Is there a special tool for this and do I need to be cautious of damaging anything inside that socket? Also, is this recommended?
3) Would application of dielectric grease or some other anti-sieze sort of substance be useful to put on the GP threads to make eventual removal simpler? Or, is that a bad idea?
Thank you all!