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You need to find yourself a =E2=80=9Cthin walled=E2=80=9D socket. The =
last time I had to do that it meant getting a cheap one from a variety =
store - it hurt me to do that..
Eric
1979 MGB V8
> On 19 Jan 2021, at 12:15 pm, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> =
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> I tried to install new plugs in my 1969 MGB GT today. I was not =
successful. I don't know what genius designed the aluminum head, but a =
normal spark plug socket for a 14mm spark plug does not go all the way =
dow to fully engage the head. Maybe it was cast incorrectly, I don't =
know. There is a wall in the casting right so close to all four plugs =
it prevents the socket from going all the way down to engage the hex of =
the plug. Not sure how the DPO did it. I tried a deep socket with thin =
walls. I even tried using a wrench to get it loose. Not enough room =
for that either. What the heck? Anyone with a aluminum head run into =
this?
> Mike MacLean
> 1969 MGB GT
> 1960 Bugeye
> 1956 Austi Healey BN2
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need to find yourself a =E2=80=9Cthin walled=E2=80=9D socket. The =
last time I had to do that it meant getting a cheap one from a variety =
store - it hurt me to do that..<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Eric</div><div =
class=3D"">1979 MGB V8</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 19 =
Jan 2021, at 12:15 pm, Michael MacLean <<a =
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class=3D"">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">I tried to install =
new plugs in my 1969 MGB GT today. I was not successful. I don't =
know what genius designed the aluminum head, but a normal spark plug =
socket for a 14mm spark plug does not go all the way dow to fully engage =
the head. Maybe it was cast incorrectly, I don't know. =
There is a wall in the casting right so close to all four plugs it =
prevents the socket from going all the way down to engage the hex of the =
plug. Not sure how the DPO did it. I tried a deep socket =
with thin walls. I even tried using a wrench to get it =
loose. Not enough room for that either. What the heck? =
Anyone with a aluminum head run into this?<div =
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class=3D"">1969 MGB GT</div><div =
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