glow plug/engine head connection problems
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glow plug/engine head connection problems
Hi all, I'm having problems with where my glow plug screws into the top of the engine. The problem is that it just keep going and never actually tightens, so I don't have any compression. So I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what they did to fix it. I think it's because I tried to tighten the glow plug too much that last time I had it out and I stripped the threads in the head of the engine, because the glow plug I just tried to put in was nip, so I tried the old one and got the same result. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help
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RE: glow plug/engine head connection problems
Ya, you definitely need a new head or the under-head, depending on how your motor is set-up.
With glow plugs you just tighten, and once you feel resistance just tighten the slightest amount more and stop.
With glow plugs you just tighten, and once you feel resistance just tighten the slightest amount more and stop.
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RE: glow plug/engine head connection problems
ORIGINAL: PrjctStrtFrce
Ya, you definitely need a new head or the under-head, depending on how your motor is set-up.
With glow plugs you just tighten, and once you feel resistance just tighten the slightest amount more and stop.
Ya, you definitely need a new head or the under-head, depending on how your motor is set-up.
With glow plugs you just tighten, and once you feel resistance just tighten the slightest amount more and stop.
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RE: glow plug/engine head connection problems
ORIGINAL: TheBlazer5k
i had the same problen and had to change the head you can't fix it
what engine do you have?
i had the same problen and had to change the head you can't fix it
what engine do you have?
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RE: glow plug/engine head connection problems
you stripped the threads make shure nothing fell into the motor here is the part . http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXPG52&P=FR