stangc83

Well i have been noticing a ticking sound in my car. Well i thought that it was an exhaust leak. Well i tried to go find it and then the ticking stopped. Well today i started the car and the the ticking turned into a loud knocking sound. Well i thought it was catostrophic. I took it to a shop by my house that i take it to for tune ups and stuff like that, well come to find out my spark plug stripped out and blew out of my block. I thought it was all over, but luckily the guy i brought it to gets a lot of crown vics and ford trucks that have this problem and he actually owned a tool that he bought from ford that can fix it with the heads on and re thread it. Well in that process that ford tool broke. Now i have to wait until monday to get the car back. The guy charged 150 for the tap and then he charged another 100 just to take off the fuel rail. hopefully he fixes it.

Crazycarnut

lol Bad day but it could have been alot worse.

stangc83

Yeah i know. I was actually thinking the worst. I was looking in my savings to see if i have enough to buy a 4V block. The guy actually said that with this kit, the hole will actually be stronger than all the other ones now.

a_penquin

If he charged you for the tap, you better get it when its done. It would be like taking your car in for a brake job and them charging you for the torx bit that broke...

Crazycarnut

+1 If your paying for it I would want it.

stangc83

No he isnt charging anything extra for the tap. It just pissed me off that it happened and now the car has to sit there for the whole weekend

a_penquin

ok misunderstood, I thought it was for the tap itself, not the tap job.

72MachOne99GT

that's a 10 dollar fix if you're careful...

hopefully he didnt put the insert in too deep or you're going to do what I did...and that's mash the plug with the piston...

then need a new cylinder head


best of luck, sweet dreams

stangc83

yeah that would suck. He said that he has done a lot of triton motors and crown vics with no problem