Threaded spark plug hole...

[vibrating_Cake]

anyone know where i can get a threaded spark plug hole repaired?

ive only threaded the top 5mm of the plug hole, so its not THAT bad...

dont really want to helicoil it etc...

 

need somewhere to trust in yorkshire area .

i can still drive there, just one plug seats about 5-10mm too high in the hole causing rough running

[Toby]

Don't know anyone specific, but any engine reconditioners should be able to.

 

Not with the head on though!

[vibrating_Cake]

headgasket needs doing at one point anyway lol. damn crap bloody silly soft alu heads =o(

 

didnt want head off at all tbh... boo!

[emu]

Didnt one of the writers in PPC have this problem? I seem to remember them spraying some squirty cream or shaving foam down the plug hole. Retapping the thread. then turning the engine over by hand to push the foam and metal up out of the plug hole.

[Tom]

i thought that was a cracking idea!

[capritech]

I've got a tool to re-tap/clean the threads if you need it.

[Fiesta Steve]

If its just an old zetec head why not just wind the fooker down and cut your own thread with the plug, jobs a goodun

[BIG G]

retap but cover the tap with grease as its workrd with me in the past

[vibrating_Cake]

I've got a tool to re-tap/clean the threads if you need it.

 

i might take you up on that one, is it basically just a tap set with the right thread pattern.... and whats the chances of it going rather wrong in the process of re-threading????

 

i dont want to fook it up more than it is because atm 1. its a daily drive and 2. the spark plug is in down to its seat now... just i doubt its coming out very easily!