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1Packrat
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MAR 11, 10:28 AM
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The hex is not gone. The hole is filled with rust, dirt and crud. Take a pick or pointed tool and start digging out the hole around the plug. This is from the weather seal being removed during the recall. All the water from the trunk runs right down into the plug area allowing all this gunk to lay in the plug areas. Been there done this…
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82-T/A [At Work]
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MAR 11, 11:04 AM
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If what Packrat1 says doesn't fix it... my advice is to just pull the heads.
There's a LOT of cleanup work you can do anyway while the heads are out... new valve springs, valves (if you want, or just a relapping), better rocker arms, clean-up of the combustion chamber and ports... and a LOT... I mean a LOT of port-matching that you can do between the various components.
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Additivewalnut
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MAR 13, 06:17 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
If what Packrat1 says doesn't fix it... my advice is to just pull the heads.
There's a LOT of cleanup work you can do anyway while the heads are out... new valve springs, valves (if you want, or just a relapping), better rocker arms, clean-up of the combustion chamber and ports... and a LOT... I mean a LOT of port-matching that you can do between the various components.
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Honestly, if the motor is coming out so I can pull the heads, a 3800 is probably gonna go in its place. This 2.8 has been giving me trouble for a long time LOL
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Spoon
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MAR 13, 05:31 PM
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The swap sounds like the way to go. Ford trucks 2001 to 2014 had opposite trouble with spark plug blowing out of the heads. It was very common. Heads had to be re-threaded and special plugs had to be installed. The idiots designed it with 3 or 4 threads to hold the plugs in the aluminum heads and the plug design was poor. Factory came out with a special tool and "spark plug" to solve the problem without pulling the head.
Just google "Ford spark plugs blowing out". Makes you glad you have a Fiero.
http://www.fordproblems.com/spark-plug-ejection/
Spoon
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olejoedad
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MAR 13, 09:44 PM
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The motor doesn't need to come out to pull the heads.
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