As a child we had a 100cc motorcycle that was prone to fouling its
plug. As we where children eventually we cross threaded the plug...
We were able to get it out. We pulled the head and were able to repair
the head. We ran a thread cutter of the same size through the hole to
realign the threads. (probably got lucky, but it worked...)
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:42:26 -0800, Nick Coleman wrote:
>I was using a Color Tune (just got it from Moss) to set the carbs. When I
>screwed the color tune spark plug in, it stripped the threads on the head.
>It must have been out of alignment (obviously) as I started screwing it in
>(the color tune plug is small and hard to line up). And, this is on the new
>Aluminum Head I just installed--Arggggg.
>
>Not sure where to go from here. Thoughts? Is this something that will
>require removing the head and taking it into a machine shop.
>
>Nick (who is very frustrated at the moment)
>73B
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Andrew Lundgren
lundgren@iname.com
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