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Subject: Stripped Spark Plug Threads
From: David Leonard <wdleonard@gmail.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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I tried to change my spark plugs yesterday, and one of them came out (at the
cost of much skin and grit) after having fused with some of the aluminum.  I
am afraid that the threads in the rotor housing are now badly stripped.

Does anyone know if it is somehow possible to re-tap those, or am I in for a
rebuild and a new rotor housing?

-- 
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

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<div>I tried to change my spark plugs yesterday, and one of them came out (=
at the cost of much skin and grit) after having fused with some of the alum=
inum.=A0 I am afraid that the threads in the rotor housing are now badly st=
ripped.=A0 </div>

<div>=A0</div>
<div>Does anyone know if it is somehow possible to re-tap those, or am I in=
 for a rebuild and a new rotor housing?<br><br>-- <br>David Leonard<br><br>=
Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY<br><a href=3D"http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net">http://N=
4VY.RotaryRoster.net</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://RotaryRoster.net">http://RotaryRoster.net</a><br></div>

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