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baja burley Officially Full-On Dubber

325 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#711352
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
There are three types of people in this world - people who can count and people who can't....

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#711376
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
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

1500S Custom Title Time!

1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#711519
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 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#711520
There are a number of recoil kits available,one of these taps and screws an insert straight into the stripped hole.

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#711521
Time Serts are better than Helicoils if you can get them
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#711544
11CAB wrote:Time Serts are better than Helicoils
x 100

People put these in on new heads
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baja burley Officially Full-On Dubber

325 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#711580
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?
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fish26 Fahrvergnugen

903 posts · joined Jul 2007 ·

#712286
Timesert all the way
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Ph: 02 9829 2233 Fax: 02 9829 2278
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