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Subject: [Mgs] Spark Plug Socket
From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:15:29 +0000 (UTC)
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I tried to install new plugs in my 1969 MGB GT today. I was not successful.=
=C2=A0 I don't know what genius designed the aluminum head, but a normal sp=
ark plug socket for a 14mm spark plug does not go all the way dow to fully =
engage the head.=C2=A0 Maybe it was cast incorrectly, I don't know.=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0There is a wall in the casting right so close to all four plugs it pr=
events the socket from going all the way down to engage the hex of the plug=
.=C2=A0 Not sure how the DPO did it.=C2=A0 I tried a deep socket with thin =
walls.=C2=A0 I even tried using a wrench to get it loose.=C2=A0 Not enough =
room for that either.=C2=A0 What the heck?=C2=A0 Anyone with a aluminum hea=
d run into this?Mike MacLean1969 MGB GT1960 Bugeye1956 Austi Healey BN2

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I tried to install new plugs in my 1969 MGB GT today. I was not successful.=
&nbsp; I don't know what genius designed the aluminum head, but a normal sp=
ark plug socket for a 14mm spark plug does not go all the way dow to fully =
engage the head.&nbsp; Maybe it was cast incorrectly, I don't know.&nbsp; &=
nbsp;There is a wall in the casting right so close to all four plugs it pre=
vents the socket from going all the way down to engage the hex of the plug.=
&nbsp; Not sure how the DPO did it.&nbsp; I tried a deep socket with thin w=
alls.&nbsp; I even tried using a wrench to get it loose.&nbsp; Not enough r=
oom for that either.&nbsp; What the heck?&nbsp; Anyone with a aluminum head=
 run into this?<div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018872579">Mike Ma=
cLean</div><div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018879987">1969 MGB GT=
</div><div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018895117">1960 Bugeye</div=
><div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018904452">1956 Austi Healey BN2=
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