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 Larry_Love_
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| posted on July 19th, 2005 at 05:26 PM |
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Removing tough spark plug
First project stripping an old engine and the spark plug in No.1 is stuck hard. Can I heat the Alum. head to assist in removal? any other tips?
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| posted on July 19th, 2005 at 07:19 PM |
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Get some Rost Off and spray it onto the base of the plug, let it soak for a little while and try to turn it.Slowly move the plug backwards and
forwards, and spray onto the base at regular intervals. Once it is out, coat the new plugs with anti-seize when you put them in.
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| posted on July 19th, 2005 at 10:01 PM |
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Use a piece of tube which clears the ceramic part but contacts the hex part of the plug. A few gentle taps on the tube will generally break the stuck
thread and allow the WD40 or Nutcracker to penetrate along the thread easier. Then continue as previous post.
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| posted on July 20th, 2005 at 09:42 AM |
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posted by 11CAB...coat the new plugs with anti-seize when you put them in.
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Can anti-seize interfere with the necessary electrical conductivity between plug and head?
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Larry_Love_
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| posted on July 20th, 2005 at 11:09 AM |
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 Thanks guys will give it a go..
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| posted on July 20th, 2005 at 12:22 PM |
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I use a copper anti seaize and it seems to work fine, as it conducts and also it will not form carbon deposits.
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| posted on July 20th, 2005 at 05:48 PM |
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Larry,
I have worked on some really old stuff in my time - OK cut the jokes!
If the plug is really stuck, and you wish to save the threads in the aluminum head. Then you will have to drill the plug out to almost the thread
size and then run a tap down. But, by all means try bashing, heating, twisting and swearing first!!
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| posted on July 21st, 2005 at 01:30 PM |
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Yo may need to rethread anyway. Sparkplugs don't tend to get too badly jammed unless there was an awful lot of contamination or the plug has been
crossthreaded. I hate crossthreaded sparkplugs 
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