striped spark plug on dyna
Road Master
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Why???? I did it for 20 years. Quit and did other things from building windows for Marvin Windows and Doors,trucker, working with an excavating company and then back to driving a truck. I would never go back to wrenching as a profession. It is now just a hobby that I do when I feel like it. The thing is that I love the road no matter what I am in or on. I put on 150,000 miles a year and am loving it.
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Thanks Frogg, I think he is going with your option, but of course he has to wait for it to arrive. Not sure how no metal will get down there though.
Hey TwiZted, too bad we can't hear sound from your avatar, that dog appears to be howlin away. . . lmao
Hey TwiZted, too bad we can't hear sound from your avatar, that dog appears to be howlin away. . . lmao
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Why???? I did it for 20 years. Quit and did other things from building windows for Marvin Windows and Doors,trucker, working with an excavating company and then back to driving a truck. I would never go back to wrenching as a profession. It is now just a hobby that I do when I feel like it. The thing is that I love the road no matter what I am in or on. I put on 150,000 miles a year and am loving it.
Road Master
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Well I did not know that and am very sorry to hear about it. Life deals us things sometimes and sometimes these things are not the greatest. I hope life deals you nothing but great things now.
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Last time I did it, I made sure the piston was all the way down, at BDC "bottom dead center" to take sure the tap doesn't hit the piston. Then I got the right size tap for the spark plug threads, and put some grease in the threads of the tap to catch most of the shavings. Then, I ran the tap through, backing it off a 1/2 turn every 2 turns or so. Then re-isntall the spark plug...and from now on, don't overtighten them!
Also not a bad idea to put a dab on anti-sieze on the spark plug threads when dealing with aluminum heads.
~Joe
Also not a bad idea to put a dab on anti-sieze on the spark plug threads when dealing with aluminum heads.
~Joe
Last edited by traveler; Oct 26, 2010 at 01:51 PM.
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Like I said pack the tap with grease there isn't that much in the way of chips that get made and they so small if any do get it they will blow out in the first 2 seconds that motor runs . Cast alum. verses hardened steel no contest and no harm to anything possible , your talking dust flecks not chunks here anyway .
Ahhh, but you still CAN. I'm pretty much restricted to the small stuff these days cuz of the loss of my arm. I was an aircraft mechanic before my wreck.
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TB, thanks for the garage invite! You DO have beer in there? (Yes, the boys hated me at first....Then they started askin' me how to fix ****!)
