Re: Ur-Q spark plug removal...

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Jeffrey J. Goggin wrote:

> found the ones in there already don't want to come out ... I was up to 60
> lbs of steady torque and they weren't budging.  Since I don't have another
> car available to me at the moment, I didn't want to force it any further and
> break them off ... does anyone have any suggestions for dealing with this?
> I've never encountered it before but with the head being made of aluminum
> and my luck not being too good at the moment (re: the head on my mother's
> 5k), I would like another opinion before I up the ante by twisting them even
> harder...

I don't usually use a tork wrench on the plugs to remove them.  I do pay 
attention to the angle of the wrench to make sure I don' break off the 
insulator.   I suspect that I exceed 60 ft-lbs regularly, removing old 
plugs that others hvae installed.

Have you tried it with engine hot?

Later, ---------------------------------------------------------- 
Graydon D. Stuckey 	'85 Mazda RX7 GS, no toys 
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu 	'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, has toys
Flint, Michigan USA	'89 Thunderbird SC, lotsa toys