[s-cars] Spark plug thread refurbishing
Konstantine Bogach
kbogach at comcast.net
Sun Jan 25 14:11:12 EST 2004
Uph... So, nothing threatening as loose spark plug. That's good news.
By the way, urs4.com does not have anything on loose spark plugs. Or
I missed that. Of course, I was reading this site months before I
bought the car, and I got into it... (sobbering)
Anyway, thanks for info. I am off to search archives for discussions
on thread repair.
Konstantin.
mlp qwest wrote:
>Konstantine -
>
>Congratulations! You now have a full time list job. You may want to add to
>the "Watch for loose plugs" all points bulletin:
>
>- bad plug boots
>- bad plugs
>- boost leak
> a. lower Michelin man hose (esp if you just chipped your "new to you" car)
> b. blown pressure line off firewall moisture trap
> c. your next most favorite / common leak site
>- confused IR remote door locking system ~> ? parking under fluorescent
>lights?
>- loose, empty wallet caused by listening to list advice
>
>What else does the list want to add?
>
>Or you can just suggest everyone surf the www.urs4.org and other UrS4 sites
>FAQ's
>FWIW, for you thread refurbishing Q's, you might want to consider looking at
>the problem from the other end. Take a spark plug and measure it for the
>length, size & thread pitch you want to screw the plugs into. The greater
>challenge may be how comfortable you feel with doing this with the head on
>the car. Somewhere in the list archives are some lengthy discussions of the
>process, the suggested procedures and recommendations for products, i.e.
>helicoil vs. TimeSerts. I think there may also be some cautionary advice
>re: the potential effects, or lack thereof of the inserts on plug
>temperature etc. IIRC, I think Scott Justusson posted some lengthy thoughts
>on, and about the process and his personal plug rethreading technique. I
>don't know if there was ever a FAQ written up on this and posted to the .org
>or .com site.
>
>Good luck, HTH
>
>mike
>
>~-----Original Message-----
>~From: s-car list On Behalf Of Konstantine Bogach
>
>.... snips
>
>~P.S. Please, when new person join the list after recent car purchase,
>welcome him by raising awareness of loose spark plugs (anything else
>treacherous like this one?) :-)
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