Electrode part may. Be missing.
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Electrode part may. Be missing.
Has anyone lost part of their ground electrode using the Lisle ceramic pusher in their cylinder. The tool is working great but the pushing the ceramic to the point of breaking the ground electrode has me on edge...
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I've read posts where guys have 'duck taped' a small piece of flexible hose (that will fit in spark plug hole) and try to suck that debris out. Never done it myself. Just cranked and expected it to go out the exhaust, but that's probably not as good an idea. The ceramic dust on the cylinder wall can't be a good thing.
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All the You Tube stuff i have seen says blow it out with blow gun. What i am concerned with is the part of the electrode strap at the bottom. It is stainless steel and i imagine it would do some damage if left in there. IF there is any in there. We used a scope and saw nothing but i really cant tell much from using that scope.
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I believe it would be _hard_ to get it to blow back out of the spark plug hole around the blow gun nozzle. Guess I was lucky. The junk must have just bounced the stuff around in there till it all went out when an exhaust valve was open ---- or maybe an intake. IDK. Think overall, think I like the idea of a small hose on a shop vac best.
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Job is done. 5 out of 8 broke 97k miles. Have not started it yet. Going to crank it a few time with no fire. Maybe that will blow some of it out if there is any. #8 shell was actually rusty even after cracking it and letting the penetrate soak for almost a week.
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