GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR WITH TORCH IGNITER AND METHOD OF REPLACING THE FUEL INJECTOR OF THE TORCH INJECTOR OF A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

An embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case (20), a combustor liner (22) disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle (25) at an upstream end of the combustor liner, a torch igniter (10) within the combustor case, and a removable fuel injector. The torch igniter includes a combustion chamber (30), a cap (18) configured to receive a removable fuel injector and a surface igniter, a tip (14), an annular igniter wall (32) extending from the cap to the tip and defining a radial extent of the combustion chamber, a structural wall (36) coaxial with and surrounding the igniter wall, and an outlet passage (34) within the tip which fluidly connects the combustion chamber to the combustor. The removable fuel injector extends through a fuel injector opening of the combustor case. The diameter of the fuel injector opening is wider than a fuel injector diameter of the removable fuel injector.