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PHOTOS BY PETE HALL Diesel Heads & Gas Carbs Can't find replacement glow heads for your old Cox .049 and .051 engines? RJL has the solution: this replacement head accepts a standard glow plug. Shown on an O.S. Max .40FP, the RJL Diesel head bolts right into place. The top lever raises and lowers the contra-piston to adjust compression, and the bottom lever locks the adjustment lever into place. I IMAGINE THAT MOST OF YOU...

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