[Healeys] Core plug

[I Erbs]

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
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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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