theunderlord Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Ok, many of you know that I bought a 242... it's in great physical shape.. but she ran a little rough.. no big deal.. we shall just tune 'er up and be off. So in the process of doing said tune up, I pulled the old plugs tonight... no problems at all.. until... #4.. pulled it out.. and yeah.. after some inquisitve looks at the plug, and a coupla quick reafferming posts on tbricks.. we have ourselves a cross threaded #4 Plug hole. You can see that the plug was only threaded in about halfway, and that's when (the mo-rons) stopped.... well shiz, you can see (after I took the plug inside) that the plug wasn't even threaded all the way in, the gasket wasn't crushed at all, and you can see all kinds of soot up the bottom of the plug... so... lame.. stay tuned for more tales of "As the 242 Turns." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S70 R Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 wow well thats why it was runin so badly, new plugs and wires put on right should do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricF Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Does it thread in all the way now?I had a messed up thread in my black 242 (#4 as well, maybe its the cool cylinder)... It leaked audibly. So I just forced it to thread all the way (think big bar), and put a jbweld equivalent on the threads. It fixed it, but you can no longer remove that plug.AFAIK, all you can do is run the correct-sized tap (don't even know where you'd get one that size) and see if it cleans the thread up well enough and then see if it doesn't leak with a plug in. If half the threads are messed up and half are fine, this could work..Or, replace the head. They're cheap enough... Plus, I could port one for you if you wanted to go bigger and badder too for not too much :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Does it thread in all the way now? I didn't try.. I had a messed up thread in my black 242 (#4 as well, maybe its the cool cylinder)... It leaked audibly. So I just forced it to thread all the way (think big bar), and put a jbweld equivalent on the threads. It fixed it, but you can no longer remove that plug.AFAIK, all you can do is run the correct-sized tap (don't even know where you'd get one that size) and see if it cleans the thread up well enough and then see if it doesn't leak with a plug in. If half the threads are messed up and half are fine, this could work..thankfully, I deal with tons of industrial supply businesses, so finding the tap won't be that hard. anyone know what size it is offhand?Or, replace the head. They're cheap enough... Plus, I could port one for you if you wanted to go bigger and badder too for not too much ←Thanks for the offer Eric, I'll keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S70 R Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 man you should be able to out it back in, it only went half way so the other half of the theards are fine in the block. thats probley was the big problem if it was leaking, i dont think KJ ever replace the sprak plugs, he was more worried bout the way it looked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 man you should be able to out it back in, it only went half way so the other half of the theards are fine in the block. thats probley was the big problem if it was leaking, i dont think KJ ever replace the sprak plugs, he was more worried bout the way it looked←I'd rather take care of the problem now, I'll score a tap, and make it happen.. I'm not sure who changed the plugs last, but it would be OBVIOUS what happened. The car ran fine, someone changed the plugs,then the car ran like dog doo. I'm not blaming KJ for any of this, he told me where the general problem was, whether he knew exactly what the problem was is another thing, but I got this car for a steal, and fixing this problem is well within my realm of knowledge, so I'm not mad, a little bummed out but not . Thanks for lettin me vent guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auser Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Get a Helicoil kit. It's a pretty common problem with aluminum heads.http://www.emhart.com/products/helicoil.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted January 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Get a Helicoil kit. It's a pretty common problem with aluminum heads.http://www.emhart.com/products/helicoil.html←yeah, i found the whole kit that iPD makes.. 32 bucks.. cheap fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick. Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 let's get some more pics of this thing once you get her up and runnin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S70 R Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 gettin my control arm today so hopefully my 245 will be up and running again by weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted January 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 let's get some more pics of this thing once you get her up and runnin!←Maybe tomorrow! I know.. i know.. thos pics that i had up before sucked jerkky jerk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S70 R Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 when i get my rollin argain, we should take some pics together like we did with the 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted January 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 when i get my rollin argain, we should take some pics together like we did with the 70's←yeah, once I get the 242 running.. let's make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S70 R Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 :lol: LOL OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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