What type of glow head?

JPvelo Wed May 08, 2013 3:54 pm

Just won this on the bay and don't recognise the head.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cox-TD-049-engine-NR-/290909620016?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=BmDvDy%252BXq9zTYZ%252BAFzpeIoo2iHE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Any help appreciated, thanks.

Jim

WingingIt74 Wed May 08, 2013 4:26 pm

I believe it's a Norvel glow plug.

Ken Cook Wed May 08, 2013 5:29 pm

Jim, that's a Glo Bee plug. That would be the original Glo Bee. The plugs were very high performance. Unfortunately, they just weren't very reliable. They do work well however and a few different styles were made. They made a racing plug and a sport plug. The sport plug raised the compression quite high sometimes requiring a minimum of 5 gaskets. The racing plug had a combustion chamber similar to the Cox 1702 head. They usually need a very good fresh battery to kick them off. The element is in a spiral shaped flat coil. Carefully lifting the element as it's quite thin and keeping the coils in line will buy you some additional time on the plug. They worked , but they don't work as well as a Nelson/Galbreath combination. Ken