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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 31 2012, 01:46 PM (724 Views) | |
| RockAuto | Jan 31 2012, 01:46 PM Post #1 |
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Don’t you hate the sinking feeling you get when you realize you have stripped a bolt or broken the head off a fastener. The car project, whatever it was, suddenly got harder and less fun. Near the top of the Don't-strip-or-break-it list are spark plugs. Nobody wants damaged threads in a cylinder head or half a spark plug frozen in place. Unfortunately, the potential for problems increases when high mileage spark plugs are left untouched in relatively soft aluminum cylinder heads. Watch Pat Goss's hands-on tips for removing spark plugs without breaking them. Hopefully you will learn a few things that will keep the next spark plug change fun, not nerve wracking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUsFFkH1io&feature=player_embedded Listed under Extras and some specific car models, RockAuto has spark plug non-foulers and spark plug hole chaser tools that can clean up damaged threads. There are even tools specifically designed to remove broken spark plugs and bits of spark plug porcelain from the Ford Triton engines. |
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| Memphis metro | Jan 31 2012, 02:04 PM Post #2 |
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Ford should have to replace every single one of those triton engines with that crappy spark plug design free of charge! |
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| Geo dude | Jan 31 2012, 06:02 PM Post #3 |
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Don't really go for his"about five pound" method but I'm not a paid professional so...:shrug |
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| Memphis metro | Jan 31 2012, 08:18 PM Post #4 |
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I did not watch the video the first time but only commented on the triton plugs you made referance too. After watching the video I noticed he left out a important step in replacing spark plugs like the ones he was replacing with the coil on plug coils down in a hole. After he removed the coil on plug and before loosening the plug he should have used compressed air and blew the crude out of the holes to prevent any foriegn material from falling into the cylinder when he did remove the plugs. I make it a point to always use the fuel line on spark plugs to start them. Once you get used to doing it, you can tell real easily if one is not starting straight. |
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