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Old 03-12-2007, 10:32 PM
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i bought a motor... it has some bosh +4 bullshit in it.. i was putting the long tubes on it so i took the plugs out (was changing them anyways) and one of the plugs is completly stripped of the electode and the 4 tabs.... i am going to compression test it by hand tomorow, if it checks out ok is there any methods i can use before i go tearing the whole motor down? any help would be awsome, thanks guys
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pull the heads
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i knew this was gonna happen!!

i have such bad luck, i feel like im going backwards on this project.
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Trust me. I never feel like it's a project if I don't go backwards atleast twice during the whole procedure.

Just me putting suspension on I'd have new **** break on me and I had wheel studs break.
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maybe you got lucky and it got pooped out, no damage. why would you pull the motor apart?

I wouldn't do anything cept put in some NGK TR-55s if there are no symptoms cept a broken plug.
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idk what to do.. what would you guys do if it was urs?
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Not sure I understand what broke. Is the center ceramic core of the plug out of the motor and the threads/lower tip still in the spark plugs threads of the head? I had this happen once a long time ago.


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