Working on the car

[Feared]

Working on the car later this afternoon if anyone is bored.

 

[Superstang21]

What r you doing to the Mach Dustin? Maintenance or mods? I cant wait to get back!! I am having 2 new belts picked up for me before I get back ( 1 spare ). I want to get the Stang back on the road as soon as I get there!! Got to get it ready for Knotts!!!! Take care and tell Feared's Wifey I said hello .

 

[Foxman]

i'm bored now........ lol but at work.. when you going to be messing with it

 

[fearedswifey]

What r you doing to the Mach Dustin? Maintenance or mods? I cant wait to get back!! I am having 2 new belts picked up for me before I get back ( 1 spare ). I want to get the Stang back on the road as soon as I get there!! Got to get it ready for Knotts!!!! Take care and tell Feared's Wifey I said hello .

Lol! Hey you! How you doing out there? Heard you got extended that sucks! Take care!

 

[Foxman]

OK for future refrence for everyone on this forum... if you are Removing the upper control arm bushings on a 79-2004 mustang with out a lift... just remove the rear axle from the car! LOL

 

[Feared]

yea,.... alot of hassle for some upper control arms.

Thanks for the help andy and scott!

 

[Foxman]

no problem man.. we will be doing scotts second clutch in a month this saturday... hope you can make it

 

[Feared]

sooo one of my plugs got smashed by the piston..

 

[tomcatdr]

that doesn't sound good

 

[fangs99]

How did that happen????

 

[Foxman]

thats not what happen... the piston cant hit the plug with out the engine coming apart

 

[Feared]

thats not what happen... the piston cant hit the plug with out the engine coming apart

thats not true either.

Did some research on the mach1registry. This has happened to a few Mach1s, luckily if THIS is what happened, i just need to replace the plug since there was no damage to the threads.

http://www.mach1registry.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90572&highlight=spark+plug+damage

will find out more today.

 

[Foxman]

i can tell by the threads that plug was install incorrectly... look how they are gald all the way up...

read number 6 post..

the piston can not come in contact with the spark plug unless you have the wrong plugs or the rod come loose from the crank.... and even then the piston would have to push through part of the cylinder head to hit the plug...

 

[Foxman]

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/Content/Images/ProductImages/Large/M6049464P.JPG

here is a link to a picture of a 4 valve head... the spark plug is in the highest point of the combustion chamber..

real easy way to see if the piston hit the plug... shine a light in the spark plug hole... there will be a really nice shinning spot on the top of the piston

 

[Foxman]

I just read in to that topic alittle more that you posted... i think i know what happened.. if you are infact running 4 thread heads... your spark plugs being 8 thread are going to far in to the cylinder...

you need to get a 4 thread spark plug... that way the 4 extra threads arent hanging in to the cylinder getting carbon on them... when they do that it makes in hard to get those last 4 threads out with the build up on them... make sense?

 

[Feared]

I just read in to that topic alittle more that you posted... i think i know what happened.. if you are infact running 4 thread heads... your spark plugs being 8 thread are going to far in to the cylinder...

you need to get a 4 thread spark plug... that way the 4 extra threads arent hanging in to the cylinder getting carbon on them... when they do that it makes in hard to get those last 4 threads out with the build up on them... make sense?

Yea i see whats going on. Im ordering a commong n20 plug used by mach1 owners, so i hope those fit better. I'll just be more carefull, Learn new stuff on these every time something goes wrong.

 

[Foxman]

thats how i learned 90% of the stuff i know LOL