Though I have had no problems with the domed plugs on either of my Healeys I
have pooped several out of the MGA race engine in my Courier, esp. after
when the engine was freshly redone. I have since gone to using the copper
expansion-type plugs and set them in 5-minute JB Weld. I would not use the
rubber expansion plugs for anything other than an emergency temporary
repair.
Best--Michael Oritt
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:41 AM, I Erbs <eyera3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Typically. You want to use a socket to hit around the outside of the plug,
> not
> the center. Maybe domed top plugs are different
>
> I Erbs
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jun 30, 2011, at 5:11 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Gergo -
> >
> > If you aren't showing the car, just get a rubber or copper
> > bolt-expansion plug from your local auto supplier and bolt it in.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > On 6/30/11, Austin Healey <pajtamuvek at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Friends,
> >>
> >> I am after a 100 miles of pure fun. Unfortunatly the rain stoped the fun
> >> this time also. Even more miserably this time the sky was bright and the
> >> rain pured from my engine. Umho. After shuting the negine off I have
> found
> >> that one of my core plugs have gone.
> >> Since it is the 2.7 engine with the "doomed" type plugs, I had quite
> some
> >> bad feelings of theese plugs. Is there an "appropriate science" how to
> >> install them? I have applied some sealand and pundhed the center of the
> >> plugs until they became a bit "flat" on the center. Did I do it wrong?
> >> Other than that the car ran marvellous. I have found a working set of
> >> distributor springs, soo now the power curve is fine, the hesitation and
> >> vibration went away from the low-range. Only I found the vacuum advance
> a
> >> bit too much. I will decrease that and the car will be spot on.
> >>
> >> Gergo
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