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 Apr 3, 2015 - 1:24 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jun 21, '14 From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
does anyone know the best way to remove the spark plug tubes i can't seem to get them out and I dont want to break them.
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Apr 3, 2015 - 1:50 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 22, '06 From Columbia, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
I believe Ive used either vice grips or a pipe wrench
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Apr 3, 2015 - 2:23 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '14 From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Are they pressed in or do they screw in?
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Apr 3, 2015 - 3:53 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '14 From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Do they pull up and out or are they screwed in?
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Apr 3, 2015 - 8:07 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '03 From Lancaster CA Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
first off, why on earth do you want to take them out. its not common for them to leak.
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Apr 3, 2015 - 8:55 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '14 From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
To machine the head and do a port and polish. And Im sure one was leaking. I want everything to be leak free when I put the head back in.
Where are the cam followers located on a 5sfe engine? This post has been edited by doory100: Apr 3, 2015 - 8:57 PM -------------------- |
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Apr 4, 2015 - 8:35 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Can't you just lock two nuts against each other and use a wrench?
Heating down the tube with a heat gun would also probably help. This post has been edited by Bitter: Apr 4, 2015 - 8:35 AM -------------------- |
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Apr 4, 2015 - 11:51 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '14 From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
so they screw in or are they pressed in??
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Apr 4, 2015 - 12:32 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I thought they were threaded in at the bottom?
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/107-camr...-threads-2.html This post has been edited by Bitter: Apr 4, 2015 - 12:35 PM -------------------- |
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Apr 5, 2015 - 12:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 22, '06 From Columbia, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
they are threaded at the bottom just as they are at the top.
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Apr 5, 2015 - 2:07 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 23, '12 From northridge,CA Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
There is a special tool that u hammer in the tube and it expands inside and then u put a ratchet on it and it loosens up or u can put the 2 30mm nuts together like the earlier person stated and loosen them that way. These do leak from time to time. I just clean them up and put fipg and seal them.
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Apr 5, 2015 - 10:39 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 8, '03 From Lancaster CA Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
i dont think FIPG seals them good enough. too much heat.
have a machine shop do a pressure test, that will tell you i they are leaking. and you dont need to remove them to do a P&P. cam followers? -------------------- 2001 Celica GT-S Turbo
1997 Supra TT 6speed 1997 Celica 3MZ/1MZ swap 1990 Celica All-Trac |
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Apr 6, 2015 - 8:40 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '14 From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
got them out!! they were a pain but they screw out I used the extra 30mm nuts I had together. I don't recommend using your good ones because they were ruined by the end of it. I tapped the ends of the tubes with the nuts in place with a mallet to free them up a bit.
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Apr 6, 2015 - 6:15 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 23, '12 From northridge,CA Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
Good job!!
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