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well if he doesn't its gonna cost him his business! he said he has done a few before, and im leaving him with my old man. who will watch him like an eagle the whole time!

Just make sure what ever pot he is doing that the piston is at TDC or else it's harder to clean or know what's in there, btw is it just slightly cross threaded or fully f*ked? Cuz he should really only need to tap it not put a hellicoil through it.

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he tapped it. said the spark plug wasn't going all the way would have lost a lot of compression and the coil pack would have misfired.

only charged 100 bucks. standard call out fee i think. made sure there was no swarf in the piston and then made sure the spark plug went all the way in and correctly. ill let you know how she drives Monday.

but up to now i highly recommend this guy. 100 bucks is a lot cheaper than replacing broken coil pack every week!

plus he drove from narre warren (i think) to hastings and was here at 7:30 in the morning.

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he tapped it. said the spark plug wasn't going all the way would have lost a lot of compression and the coil pack would have misfired.

only charged 100 bucks. standard call out fee i think. made sure there was no swarf in the piston and then made sure the spark plug went all the way in and correctly. ill let you know how she drives Monday.

but up to now i highly recommend this guy. 100 bucks is a lot cheaper than replacing broken coil pack every week!

plus he drove from narre warren (i think) to hastings and was here at 7:30 in the morning.

How will it damage the coil? U will only loose compression. Good to hear that it's all fixed

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I had this issue last year. Ended up buying one of these.

http://www.vektools.com.au/powerbuilt-hand-tools/powerbuilt-14mm-backtap-spark-plug-thread-repair-tool-p-6182.html

Made fixing the thread easy as and with a decent amount of grease on the tap no worries about any metal getting in the cylinder at all. Cheaper than thread bloke and you'll always have it handy too.

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