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Old 11-04-2005, 11:31 PM
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spark plug will not stay in head

what would help a helicoil to stay in place when useing to rethread a stripped sparkplug hole would jb weld-loc tite-or a hi temperature rtv silicone do the job
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Old 11-05-2005, 12:34 AM
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Re: spark plug will not stay in head

Did you tap new threads for the helicoil? If the threads are good, then I would use hi-temp loctite.
When I stripped the threads on one of my spark plug holes, I used an insert. I have found them to work better than helicoils in this particular application.
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Old 11-08-2005, 06:03 PM
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Re: spark plug will not stay in head

doesnt happen to be #4 hole is it ? (22R) ?

just curious,
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Old 11-09-2005, 04:15 AM
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Re: Re: spark plug will not stay in head

yes it is how did u no
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