drumminforev

The gayest stupidest thing happened.

I was performing a leakdown test and there is an adapter piece that screws in the hose, and that adapter screws in the spark plug whole.

I go to unscrew it all, and the hose unscrews from the adapter and the adapter stays screwed in. WTF


What could get it out???

UPDATE: got it out with 2 screwdrivers. Thanks to all for help.


Modified by drumminforev at 3:59 PM 2/1/2006

OogalyDoogaly

Ouch, chopsticks?

drumminforev

um, seriously

-JSpecEk*9-

needle nose plaiers

drumminforev

too fat to clamp the side of the adapter

delusionracer

long pair of needle nose pliers should do the trick.

delusionracer

you have a pic. that would probably help so that we can see what is going on

solpower

put 5 min epoxy on the hose and screw it in the adaptor.....................wait 5 min.........................unscrew

drumminforev

thanks for the idea, i knew some kind of bonding agent but wasnt sure what one to get for metal. either way, i managed to get 2 screwdrivers and clamp then around the sides and untwist....it was a bitch

saywhat

I was going to suggest removing the valve cover.

D16z6BoostedEK

Try putting the long part of the spark plug wire in there and try to turn in iam pretty sure that fitting is only hand tight let me kno if it works!

pip9

lol, i did that before. You really have to make sure that adaptor on there is really tight on the hose. Luckly for me, it was not too tight and i found a socket that fit down the whole to get it out.

drumminforev

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by saywhat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was going to suggest removing the valve cover.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the valve cover was off the whole time. it was deep still

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDrock86 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try putting the long part of the spark plug wire in there and try to turn in iam pretty sure that fitting is only hand tight let me kno if it works!</TD></TR></TABLE>

i got it out with 2 screw drivers acting as a clamp. thanks for the advice all!

silverwannabeEM1

well i know thread is done, but what i did was put sparkplug down into hole, screw it into the adaptor, and unscrew, ruined my sparkplug, but it got it out! put me into a tight spot, i was kicking myself in the a** after that one. lol