ok...tell me if this is a dumb idea..lol spark plug
#22
i dont think the dealer is going to touch this either way....it didnt happen like that from the factory...the previous owners of the truck had to of done something to **** the plug up....probably voided the warranty...theyre not gonna pull the head and fix/replace it because of something someone did to it...warranty only covers **** that breaks on its own....atleast thats always how i understood it
i had to remove the supercharger just to reach some of the plugs...and the back 2 i had a friend come over to help with because i just couldnt get to them...i guess i wasnt crafty enough
heres what i was working with
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...0/CIMG1231.jpg
***i dont have an oil separator on the truck yet because i dont have funding for it... so ignore the oil you see....ill get one eventually, but since i got it all cleaned up...i figure ive got another 15-20k before i need to clean it again***
Last edited by 99BlackPonyGT; 09-24-2009 at 02:32 PM.
#24
and its not a lightning, but its close enough...harley trucks had a different pulley and made like 15hp less than the lightning...harley made 4lbs from the factory, lightning made 6lbs
#26
"i think im just gonna wait till it becomes an issue...or once my car is running well enough that i can daily it for a couple days to school and work, ill just pull the head and fix it...."
#27
The JB weld thing most likely won't work. If it did adhere to the porcelin on the plug, the torque required to start turning the plug will be greater than the force that the porcelin can take, and it'll break. Then you'll be stuck with a 7 cylinder truck.
Honestly, if it's not causing a problem, and it's your only mode of transportation right now, I'd leave it as is until you'd be able to tear it down if necessary.
Honestly, if it's not causing a problem, and it's your only mode of transportation right now, I'd leave it as is until you'd be able to tear it down if necessary.
I say there's only one option, find a socket that just a little smaller than the SP and hammer it on like a removing a bad lug nut. It WILL destroy the thread so have a helicoil kit ready.
(Or you could always try the gator grip socket, I've seen it work a couple of times. definitely not the great tool ever created but sometimes it works.)
#28
+1, the tinsel strength of the JB vs the amout of tq to twist the SP out would just turn the JB weld into broken chunks.
I say there's only one option, find a socket that just a little smaller than the SP and hammer it on like a removing a bad lug nut. It WILL destroy the thread so have a helicoil kit ready.
(Or you could always try the gator grip socket, I've seen it work a couple of times. definitely not the great tool ever created but sometimes it works.)
I say there's only one option, find a socket that just a little smaller than the SP and hammer it on like a removing a bad lug nut. It WILL destroy the thread so have a helicoil kit ready.
(Or you could always try the gator grip socket, I've seen it work a couple of times. definitely not the great tool ever created but sometimes it works.)
theres nothing to hammer a socket onto..except porcelain lol...the head of the plug is entirely gone
#29
So, the only thing left is the thread?? The "Nut" of the spark plug is connected to the threads so you're say that someone was able to Tq off the nut but leave the center shaft in tact? That takes some serious tallent.
#30
plug well filled with porcelain dust
blew it all out, stuck socket down in there...socket wont grab
stuck camera lens down there and snapped a pic, and thats what i saw