[Mgs] Spark Plug Socket

[Eric]

You need to find yourself a “thin walled” 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 at att.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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