storeman
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Guys,
A lot of members have been sending injectors to me to be adjusted/repaired and in the process I've made a few observations which may serve all of us well.
1 I'm not soliciting business..I'm retired and can't really figure out how I backed into this situation. But, I'm here, so take my comments for whatever you might consider their worth.
2 It is not possible to service an injector with the aluminum heat sink attached and 90% of those who send them to me realize that and remove them. Today I got 4 injectors from a MEP-003a which were in heat sinks. These injectors were "welded" into the heat sinks. A 24" pipe wrench couldn't budge them!
After soaking in Break Free and torching, one came free of the heat sink. Another of the injectors actually broke off in the heat sink. ....Never seen that before. Two more to deal with tomorrow.
3 Now the point of this post...the TMs say use an anti-sieze on the glow plugs, but make no comment about the injector as it enters the heat sink nor about the heat sink as it enters the head. I recommend you use anti-sieze at both of these points.
Jerry
A lot of members have been sending injectors to me to be adjusted/repaired and in the process I've made a few observations which may serve all of us well.
1 I'm not soliciting business..I'm retired and can't really figure out how I backed into this situation. But, I'm here, so take my comments for whatever you might consider their worth.
2 It is not possible to service an injector with the aluminum heat sink attached and 90% of those who send them to me realize that and remove them. Today I got 4 injectors from a MEP-003a which were in heat sinks. These injectors were "welded" into the heat sinks. A 24" pipe wrench couldn't budge them!
After soaking in Break Free and torching, one came free of the heat sink. Another of the injectors actually broke off in the heat sink. ....Never seen that before. Two more to deal with tomorrow.
3 Now the point of this post...the TMs say use an anti-sieze on the glow plugs, but make no comment about the injector as it enters the heat sink nor about the heat sink as it enters the head. I recommend you use anti-sieze at both of these points.
Jerry
