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spark plug thread gone

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baja burley ·

just finished rebuilding the engine today and went to put in the new spark plugs and got to the fourth one and found the thread is nearly gone (inside head). so i pulled it down, took the head off to helicoil the thread....

my helicoil kit doesn't have a suitable one in it...

does anyone know the size helicoil i need to do the job???

its a super 1600tp

cheers
Luke

68AutoBug ·

I believe most VW shops will have the helicoil You need...
best to coat threads of spark plugs with anti seize..
I've never had any problems as I do that with all allloy heads..

Lee

1500S ·

baja burley wrote:just finished rebuilding the engine today and went to put in the new spark plugs and got to the fourth one and found the thread is nearly gone (inside head). so i pulled it down, took the head off to helicoil the thread....

my helicoil kit doesn't have a suitable one in it...

does anyone know the size helicoil i need to do the job???

its a super 1600tp

cheers
Luke
M14 x 1,25

grumble ·

There are a number of recoil kits available,one of these taps and screws an insert straight into the stripped hole.

11CAB ·

Time Serts are better than Helicoils if you can get them

Bizarre ·

11CAB wrote:Time Serts are better than Helicoils
x 100

People put these in on new heads

baja burley ·

is there a retailer that has time serts or do i have to order over the net

if so which kit do i order?

M14 x 1.25?

Bizarre ·

Find your local Wurth dealer

http://www.wurth.com.au/catalogue/A04_0136.pdf

or here

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-TIME-SERT-14MM-X-1-25-Spark-Plug-Repair-Kit-4412E_W0QQitemZ300303960032QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item45eb82c7e0&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30

fish26 ·

Timesert all the way
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