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Problem pulling spark plugs: Thank you technology !


deschodt

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Thinking my car was due for spark plugs, I attempted to pull them somewhat unsuccessfully: 1 and 3 were A-Ok with a 13/16 socket in seconds. 2-4 were like "nope", nah-ha... not today... I knew it wasn't me since I got 2 out...

 

Enter the $30 endoscope I bought online to check my kid's ear wax/ear infections. It kinda sucked at that if I'm honest due to lack of focal length adjustment, but to check spark plugs, it's a wonder...  

 

Found pieces of bakelite from the connectors on those 2.. Had to go fishing with a tweezers in one hand and  endoscope, demonstrating to the world I should have been a world class surgeon ! ?  Some came out, some were just loosened and shot out with a blast of compressed air ! 15 min later, victory....

 

Got to the plugs, and figured out the 2 that were easily accessed were like new, the other 2 probably have been here for over 10 years because mechanics also could not put a wrench on them and didn't bother... good to know if you want a job done you should do it yourself....

 

 

Check out the ugliness... The car should run better tomorrow when I get replacements ! 

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73 inka 2002 w/ fuel injection & 5 speed, LSD

 

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Very clever!  I ran into exactly the same problem on a friend's '02 that had been sitting outside for years.  Didn't have an endoscope but used some long, curved dissecting tweezers to fish the broken pieces out.

 

Moral:  replace those bakelite connectors the first time you notice 'em even a little bit brittle.

 

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1 hour ago, 2002Scoob said:

Nice! I want to get a borescope myself for peeking around things too.

 

Side note... that is one heavily fouled plug!

 

 

You don't say !! I find it particularly impressive that the car ran at all, and it ran pretty well. The 2 with bakelite bits were like that, the other 2 were much cleaner... I guess that's what 11 y plugs in an older leakier engine look like ?

 

I lucked into a set of Autolite AP64 that are compatible (I wonder why I had those, maybe from my ex-912) - I'll go buy the proper NGK later, but compared to what I had above, even the worst plastinum plugs should perform better ?  Between that and my throttle linkage mods this week, can't wait to find out how it runs ! 

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Edit: It's like I've got a turbo now... Smoother overall, but mostly the throttle linkage fix restored full throttle and took out all slop... I would not be surprised if I blow the motor now because it runs at near full power again and it's no longer used to it ?

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