Spark plug repair kit
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Cool, thank you guys for all the great advice. Do you guys know much about the Dorman plugs? Steward I notice you had pics if the spark plugs so you must know. My question is can the insert go to deep or does that lip/top part stop it at the right spot. Im afraid of going to deep but I feel like its Sooo close. Any suggestions for my right now fix? Do I get a leverage bar and crank down until my 17mm shallow socket bottoms out?
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I have the kit and if you look at the vid up top, he screws the Dorman insert till it bottoms out. The plug is out of the 3V motors so I'd go with whatever the torque is recommended in those trucks. The newer plugs supposedly don't have that breaking in half issue but since I've never used them, can't say for sure.
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He does say till it bottons out, I don't have a torque wrench ( I know shame on me) but when I was cranking on it the extension felt like it was going to snap or something. Do I back it out a little then crank it in, or all the way then Jimmy it out and clean it off? The plug is in right now (used lots of anti-seize) its just obviously not low enough since the engine light is on it drives crappy better then when the spark plug blew out lol not as loud either. Been thinking I should have auto zone run the scan to see if the code successfully showes either spark plug or coil pack our I goofed up a hose wrong lol you know something better than I think I didn't tighten it down all the way.
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Check out this vid on YouTube that I bet will answer all your questions.
About the only mistake I can find with the vid is he calls the aluminum insert a steel insert at the very end of the video. He correctly calls it an aluminum insert in the beginning, but he slipped up at the end.
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The "official" Ford approved insert is a Lock-N-Stitch aluminum insert. But Timesert is just as good.
Check out this vid on YouTube that I bet will answer all your questions.
6.8 Liter V10 Triton Spark Plug Thread Repair - YouTube
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Check out this vid on YouTube that I bet will answer all your questions.
6.8 Liter V10 Triton Spark Plug Thread Repair - YouTube
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If you can't tighten it anymore, look down the plug hole and see if it's bottomed out. Use a wire hanger with a little J bend at the bottom to see if you can slip it under the dorman. If you can't, it's all the way down. I would have used red locktite when screwing it down though. I bet it wasn't meant to be backed out and screwed back it.
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I completely missed the above sentence prior to posting all the info for you.
Apologies for my responses not being specific to your needs, ie the Dorman kit. I thought you were asking general questions about inserts.
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If you can't tighten it anymore, look down the plug hole and see if it's bottomed out. Use a wire hanger with a little J bend at the bottom to see if you can slip it under the dorman. If you can't, it's all the way down. I would have used red locktite when screwing it down though. I bet it wasn't meant to be backed out and screwed back it.
Sorry to hear the kit didn't work out for you.
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That's it? Are you not using this kit?
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This implies that you were paying $40-50 for the time-sert...is this incorrect?