Homemade Glow Plug holder

[sbb4us]

I was reading a thread about glo plug holders and had what I think is a good idea of making a glow plug holder out of a golf ball. It allows you to hold up to 24 plugs and it looks neat when standing. All I did was drill 6 sets of 4 holes evenly spaced out along the ball. here it is, give me feedback on thoughts.

 

[jon2]

Looks cool but I would be to worried about getting junk down the plug or even damagaing the element. Nice Idea though.

Jon

 

[FastEddy]

That was my first thought as well. I believe that inside the ball is several layers of wound thin rubber bands. When they are drilled into they will continue to move around and come apart.

I would hate to see a plug at $5.00 have the filament busted off by a moving rubber band inside.

Keep thinking and come up with another idea. Don't stop till you get it right.

 

[tbsleeper]

try making one that you can make into a key chain. saw some on the ofna website that you can easily make. probably gonna make one for myself:whistle:

 

[Arrow]

last time i saw the inside of a golf ball it was just a rubber core....

 

[sbb4us]

At least the one that I used is almost like compacted/glued wood dust. Thanks for the feedback, anyone else that has something to say keep posting.

PS: I think we should make a thread of all the homemade parts and stuff for RC because I know I am not the only broke teenager out there, and there is just something fun about making stuff yourself.

 

[jon2]

IMO I would definitely try to keep the Plugs in their original package to keep them "FRESH"!!

 

[sbb4us]

I definately aggre but this would be for those plugs that mabey you changed to trouble shoot an engine problem or something like that but the plug is still good.

 

[tbsleeper]

i just put my plugs in a tic tac container for now lol:bandit:

 

[jon2]

Originally posted by tbsleeper
i just put my plugs in a tic tac container for now lol:bandit:

That still sounds too dangerous as the tip can actually still damage the element!

 

[tbsleeper]

well the ones i put in have like rubber protectors on the filiment part. so when i take one out i put the rubber on the old one if it still aight and put it back in. plus the container fits right in a pocket perfectly.

 

[FRIDGE]

someone mentioned a key chain type holder well in the 2 minutes that i read this entire thread i thought why not just get a skinny piece of PVC pipe thast about 2-3 inches longand make a hole for a key ring and drill holes along it for the glow plugs then when its time just unscrew the plug and put it on the car

 

[tbsleeper]

exactly!!:clap: you could even use wood or a type of metal.

 

[bill61]

I use the four-way wrench/ glow plug wrench that has holes for glow plugs in the center. I don't know how many glow plugs you guys go through, but I go through about 2 or 3 a year.

 

[rc_king]

i like the idea of a homemade forum because it will
save me money and its kind of fun building it