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mercury 60hp 4 stroke slight missing problem?
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<blockquote data-quote="ndthwacker" data-source="post: 254015" data-attributes="member: 4907"><p>hey guy figured i would let everyone know how my stripped spark plug hole went since i didnt get much feed back on a backtap. So first off my spark plug was cross threaded abut half way down my threads and te spark plug was crooked. there is this tool made by powerbuilt called a back-tap made for tripped sparkplug holes you stick in in the spark plug hole to the good threads on the bottom and u turn the thumb screw to expand it and screw it back out you do this little by little and it chases the threads from the inside good threads out to the bad threads and let me tell you it worked wonders im the happiest guy on tin boats tonight i can promis you that it saved me plenty of money and time since it chases the threads out u dont have to pull the hed or worry about anything falling into the cylinder. i would highly recommend this tool to anyone. it only cost 35 bucks off amazon. do a search on it for future referance its a backtap by powerbuilt. i did about 4 paths opening it a round farther each time and my spark plug screwed right in by hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ndthwacker, post: 254015, member: 4907"] hey guy figured i would let everyone know how my stripped spark plug hole went since i didnt get much feed back on a backtap. So first off my spark plug was cross threaded abut half way down my threads and te spark plug was crooked. there is this tool made by powerbuilt called a back-tap made for tripped sparkplug holes you stick in in the spark plug hole to the good threads on the bottom and u turn the thumb screw to expand it and screw it back out you do this little by little and it chases the threads from the inside good threads out to the bad threads and let me tell you it worked wonders im the happiest guy on tin boats tonight i can promis you that it saved me plenty of money and time since it chases the threads out u dont have to pull the hed or worry about anything falling into the cylinder. i would highly recommend this tool to anyone. it only cost 35 bucks off amazon. do a search on it for future referance its a backtap by powerbuilt. i did about 4 paths opening it a round farther each time and my spark plug screwed right in by hand. [/QUOTE]
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