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Re: [Mgs] Spark Plug Socket

To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Spark Plug Socket
From: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:23:52 +1100
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You need to find yourself a =E2=80=9Cthin walled=E2=80=9D socket.  The =
last time I had to do that it meant getting a cheap one from a variety =
store - it hurt me to do that..


Eric
1979 MGB V8


> On 19 Jan 2021, at 12:15 pm, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> =
wrote:
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> I tried to install new plugs in my 1969 MGB GT today. I was not =
successful.  I don't know what genius designed the aluminum head, but a =
normal spark plug socket for a 14mm spark plug does not go all the way =
dow to fully engage the head.  Maybe it was cast incorrectly, I don't =
know.   There is a wall in the casting right so close to all four plugs =
it prevents the socket from going all the way down to engage the hex of =
the plug.  Not sure how the DPO did it.  I tried a deep socket with thin =
walls.  I even tried using a wrench to get it loose.  Not enough room =
for that either.  What the heck?  Anyone with a aluminum head run into =
this?
> Mike MacLean
> 1969 MGB GT
> 1960 Bugeye
> 1956 Austi Healey BN2
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">You =
need to find yourself a =E2=80=9Cthin walled=E2=80=9D socket. &nbsp;The =
last time I had to do that it meant getting a cheap one from a variety =
store - it hurt me to do that..<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Eric</div><div =
class=3D"">1979 MGB V8</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 19 =
Jan 2021, at 12:15 pm, Michael MacLean &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net"; =
class=3D"">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">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 spark 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 =
prevents 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 walls.&nbsp; I even tried using a wrench to get it =
loose.&nbsp; Not enough room for that either.&nbsp; What the heck?&nbsp; =
Anyone with a aluminum head run into this?<div =
id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018872579" class=3D"">Mike =
MacLean</div><div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018879987" =
class=3D"">1969 MGB GT</div><div =
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Bugeye</div><div id=3D"yMail_cursorElementTracker_1611018904452" =
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