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Re: One more time...

To: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>, MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: One more time...
From: Rick Brown <brown409@home.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:56:26 -0400
If you go the route Max suggests - you might want to put some grease on the 
drill
bit to hold the filings and clean it off every once in a while and regrease it.
This will keep a lot of the crap from falling in when you reach bottom.

Rick

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<http://members.home.net/brown409>

Max Heim wrote:

> Oh boy. If the plugs haven't been changed in 14 years, maybe you should
> check the oil... <g>.
>
> Seriously, are you saying the spark plug snapped off below the hex? Jeepers.
> That should still leave about 1/2 inch of the threaded part in the hole. My
> only suggestion is to flood it with penetrating oil like PB Blaster (not
> WD40), wait overnight, and then drill the center about 1/4 - 3/8 inch deep
> for an Easy-Out. If you don't drill all the way through you won't dump
> anything into the cylinder.

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