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Originally Posted by MrB
Nice save, but how did you keep the swarf from the tap from dropping into the cylinder?  |
Thread cutting grease is fabulous stuff. 99% of the swarf ends up stuck to the tap. The thread itself is only about 8mm deep and I only needed to clean up the top 3 mm so min swarf generated in any case. I also started the motor with the plug out for a few seconds and hopefully the rest blew out. The alternative is removing the head, repairing the thread off the car, getting the head planned (and probably valves whilst it's off) then buying a new head gasket etc etc. Cost if I did the labour myself excluding my time would be about $900.00. I can get a low km jap import (<60K) fitted for $1650 so I will just wait and see if it worked.
Mark