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Spark plug helicoil advice please
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Parry" data-source="post: 508679" data-attributes="member: 21275"><p>Have you done one before? If not do you have a scrap head to try a test one. I have just got back into building VW engines. I have not done one in situ for 20yrs, but I do remember that you have to shorten most helicoils so that when they are fully in they do not protrude at both ends of the thread. I think it is 4 turns, but if you have a head you can work this out, 4 turns is less than 4 threads on the helicoil. The other thing that comes to mind is to fit a plug spanner to the adajacent plug and this will give you the right angle to hold the tap at. All good fun, I could have done 2 in the time it has taken to type this, the worst ones were type 3. Good luck. Robert</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Parry, post: 508679, member: 21275"] Have you done one before? If not do you have a scrap head to try a test one. I have just got back into building VW engines. I have not done one in situ for 20yrs, but I do remember that you have to shorten most helicoils so that when they are fully in they do not protrude at both ends of the thread. I think it is 4 turns, but if you have a head you can work this out, 4 turns is less than 4 threads on the helicoil. The other thing that comes to mind is to fit a plug spanner to the adajacent plug and this will give you the right angle to hold the tap at. All good fun, I could have done 2 in the time it has taken to type this, the worst ones were type 3. Good luck. Robert [/QUOTE]
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