February 2010 chat thread
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Dusty, went up to The Zone a few minutes ago. They sold me a heli-coil kit ( which I hope I don't have to use ). Just want to double check, know you said 14mm, hope it was a 1.25 pitch, they said that's the only one they had.
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thanks for the help with the pictures Bud. as usual, your like my spare tire. there to save the day!!!
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just heard a rumor that we're going to get 40 more inches of white crap for the season. tell me it's not true....please
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From: Fulton County, Pa.
set the spark plug threads against the tap threads, and see if they're the same, if not, don't tap the hole, you will creat a bigger problem than you already have. you shouldn't need the helicoil, you have a cast iron head, no aluminum.
thanks for the help with the pictures Bud. as usual, your like my spare tire. there to save the day!!!
thanks for the help with the pictures Bud. as usual, your like my spare tire. there to save the day!!!
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helicoil tap is phisically too large. the drill is larger than the exhisting hole, then the tap is for putting in the helicoil, which the spark plug fits on the inside of the hole. take that crap back, and get your money back, then do like bud says, and scoot over to sears, and get a spark plug tap. take the plug with you to make sure to get the right size. I think 14 mm. but take the plug with you incase I'm wrrrrrrrrong. wow that was hard to say.
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Whats the chances of them having a 14 mm tap? I order crap like that from Mcmaster-carr or msc. If you're just cleaning up the threads you could get a rethreader which don't cut new thread just chase old ones. I bought a whole rethreader kit from Snap-on metric and std. cousre and fine thread with 2 thread files. Best 75 bucks ever spent.
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he's trying to get a spark plug back into the motor, someone was a real mechanic, and cross threadded it, his skill level is a 2, and his tool collection is from the dollar store, but I give him an A, because he will get right in there, and go for it.