alright so a simple spark plug swap has turned into a nightmare. i removed the 2nd from the front passenger side plug and began to replace it and it was extremely hard to thread the new plug all the way through so i backed it out and came to find some metal shavings on the threads. ****** great. tried to thread it again, same problem, cant get it all the way down. so i take the plug out and stick my finger in the block and try to wipe out the shavings...some come out but i still cant get the plug threaded. i dont know how to clean out the plug threads inside the block, anyone have any ideas? i know thats not my biggest problem but i just need to truck to run. where the shavings came from i have no idea. frankly its not on top of my list. this is my daily driver and i need it to run in the next 2.5hours. ill post up some pictures of my other plugs and stuff later but can someone tell me how to clean the threads in the block so i can thread the new plug in?

 

have you tried a magnet pen to try to get the shavings out? that might work for the shavings and.. there was a thread i was reading earlyer about a tool that cuts new threads but the threads stay inside of the tool. (crappy explanation i know.) but ill try 2 find the thread.

 

Try a magnet. One of those powerful ones on the flex cable.

Damn, got beat to the punch. Sorry to hear your having crappy luck. I'm sure I would have blown a major fuse by now!!

 

did you try another plug? maybe the threads on that plug are a lil funked up

 

sorry.. im quick 2day..

 

Soon2-
take a piece of hose that's smaller than the plug hole and duct tape it to a vacuum.

Use that to clean it out. Maybe cut the end at a 45* to really get at the threads.

NO offense man, but it seems like every time you grab a wrench lately, something gets F'd up.
Do you know any mechanics in the area that can help ya with your mods?

 

no i didnt try another plug in that hole but i put that plug in a different hole easy

 

i had an idea, i was going to say a magnetic retriever, but if the shavings on your spark plug are from *cough* the head, i dont think aluminum is magnetic, this COULD be bad bud. im praying its your spark plug, and the threads are just damaged. Did you try another plug??? whenever i replace the plugs, im extremely careful when threading the, heads arent cheap. and neithe is the repairs on them....

i dont have much else to help on cleaning out shavings, other than i would LIGHTLY coat my finger, with dialetric (spelling) grease, and see if i cant get them to stick to it. im talking about LIGHTLY!!!

someone else my consider that a bad idea, but i dont forsee any problems with it.

jared

 

ill try that but honestly this isnt my fault theres no way that I got those shavings between the thread, the last time i had my plugs done, it was during my cam install a few months ago which i didnt even touch. call it bad luck or whatever you may but im tired of this

 

i have a couple pen magnets so ill give those a shot. my fuse is blowing as we speak. if the truck isnt running by 3pm and i have to borrow my dads truck again this month im gonna lose it. at least i have an iron block, if stuff was aluminum i dunno what i would do.ill post myh results soon