At 2:27 PM 6/7/96, thorsland@bigvax.alfred.edu wrote: >Is it possible to install a helicoil in a stripped spark plug hole with >out removing the engine or tin or anything? David Schwarze replied: Yes, it is possible. It's also possible that while doing this you or your mechanic might inadvertently allow some metal shavings to fall into the cylinder. Instant cylinder-wall scoring and loss of compression. ...I've done this in a bug- after drilling, blow out the cylinder, and then use a piece of tubing attached to vacuum cleaner to suck up any shavings (which are a lot softer metal that the cylinder walls/rings). Then use one of those Sears mini-lites on a stalk about 1/8" wide to shine right down inside cylinder and eyeball it (or use fancy endoscope if you are a surgeon or very rich). This might be harder in a late type 2 where the plug hole is very deep behind the air shrounding... The expert who showed me this claimed remains go out the exhaust. MB in NJ
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