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mark
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 12:02 pm: | 
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Whats up? I was trying to change my plugs and they all seems to be stuck. Whats the best way to remove the plugs. Im scared to mess the plugs up. Pls help. Thanks...
Mark |
EricV (Bender2033)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2003 - 12:10 pm: |
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Man, I had the same problem, I ended up having to use a 1/2" breaking bar to break them loose. It was a very high pucker factor until the last one was free.
And the kicker? They all appeared to have anti-sieze on their threads! Go figure. |
Steve
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 01:01 pm: |
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IMHO,
In addition to Eric's advice. An old trick we used in a shop I worked at years ago was to warm the engine up, not so much as you can't work on it but a least until it is not dead cold. This will cause the metal to expand and loosen the threads. After it is warm, spraying Tri-Flo or other lube around the plugs and letting it soak for a while also seems to help. The then cooling engine seems to "suck" the lube into the threads. Remember, anti seeze and don't over torque on the reinstalation.
Good luck.  |
Tom Hyslip (007)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 06:03 pm: |
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what is anti seeze? |
Anon
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 06:45 pm: |
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It's the opposite of Lock-Tite. It keeps bolts from seizeing up. |
Alex Cabrera (Alexcabrera)
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 07:36 am: |
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LOL... like a good buddy of mine used to say.
Cross-threading is much better than Lock-Tite.
Whahahahaha |
Erik Geagan (Geagan)
| | Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 07:32 pm: |
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when is it a good time to change sparks anyway? |
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