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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
Got no spot in town to get my oxygen and acetylene bottles filled,have to order left hand drill bits big enough for this,so in the meantime of waiting,I tried what we did years back with as much heat as I could throw at it with a propane torch and $1.49 of birthday candles I threw at it,the wax...- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
No one in my town has left handed drill bits. I'm not sure what size left hand drill bits I need so I can order online.- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
Do they leave room to pick them out if they snap in the cavity. I had a round one break in one of the exhaust manifold bolts that were rounded and left to rust for years. It wouldn't drill into and I dremeled the bolt head off instead. I don't want to run into that with a spark plug socket and...- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
I have a tap and tool dye kit. I don't want to drill and get any filings falling inside using a left hand bit.- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
Had to get in a with vinegar and a pick to clean out all the rust around the casing. I hit it with heat on a propane torch and hit it with deep creep but still not budging. Got it soaking overnight in deep creep and will see if hitting it with heat again may let it bust loose.- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
Not out of woods yet. I hit it with seafoam deep creep and and an extractor,hit it with a little heat and no budging yet. I don't want to bust the extractor off in it. I got it sprayed down with vinegar to eat up that rust and gonna have to clean that up and see if giving it more heat will let...- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
No special trick or hack to report. Just sprayed some vinegar on it and let it eat the rust and pop she came out full like pulling a tooth.Nothing fell into the head. Just have to use some heat and an extractor on the thread case tomorrow.- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
I had this happen about 4 years ago,I left it in and put the plugs back on and have it running many times and the spark plug has been stuck in. I have the manifolds off and all the spark plugs but this one. I think I will spray it down a few days with vinegar on the threads and see if it breaks...- Jimmy the Blazer
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73 Blazer 350 spark plug stuck
I'm doing a 73 Chevy Blazer and the 350 small block has a spark plug stuck. The nut attached to it rusted and crumbled leaving the spark plug still in the block as shown in pic. Anyone have a trick to unthread it out now?- Jimmy the Blazer
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