Stripped Spark Plug Hole

[Glenn.hunt]

After multiple times of removing plugs the inevitable has happened. I stripped the left rear bottom plug hole. This coincidentally is also my hot cylinder. I would rather not use helicoils. Time-serts look like a more robust fix. Before I spend the $$$$$ on the Time-ser kit, I was just checking to see if anyone else has one that I could rent/borrow. Someone out there must have already had this happen to them :( If not, I will buy the kit and make it available for others use.

[kmacht]

Aircooled.net has the kit you will need and rents it out for $25.

http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Time-Sert- ... l-4412.htm

Keith
#554

[kevinh]

Aircooled.net has the kit you will need and rents it out for $25.

http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Time-Sert- ... l-4412.htm

Keith
#554

wow- great resource! I'm filing away that link in case I need it in the future.

[Glenn.hunt]

The rub is that the kit they rent is 14mm, and our heads are 12mm. You can buy a 14mm kit for $29.00 at Autozone but the 12mm is $135.00 and found only online.

[peter anson]

Hi Glenn, There are probably other options, but I came across this Recoil kit on ebay: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Recoil-Thread-Repair-Kit-M12-x-1-25-Metric-Fine-/291439198134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item43db213fb6 $50 Australian is about $37 US but you might have to negotiate postage. Don't have any experience with Time-serts but I have used Recoils (they are just an Australian equivalent to Helicoil) many times and have never had one fail. The kits are are good quality.
Peter
Sonex 894
190 hours

[Glenn.hunt]

Thanks, I will check them out.

[mike.smith]

There is an article in the July Kitplanes about installing Heli-Coils. The sample project is putting them in a VW spark plug hole.