I was doing a compression test and i was marveling that it only took a half hour. I was using the actron precision tester. i thought i had to use the adapter so i throw it on and did the test. it was 220 across the board. yay. then i went to put the plugs back in and i noticed the #1 cyl would go in all the way. i look in and great, there is the adapter, nice and snug in my cyl head. i tried to unscrew it but the hose would just unscrew from the adapter. so i tried to pull on the hose to get more pull, and the hose popped. so now i dont have a thread to use a screwoff, just the airvalve at the top is pointing up, laughing at me. i have to be at work in a couple of hours. any help would be appreciated

 

Really long and thin needle nose pliars???

 

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yeah that's what I was thinking at first.. maybe some sort of long flat head that you could push against the inside of the threaded part and move it a bit? I'm not sure about this one--- a socket tapped onto the part and then turned- may mess up the threads in the head though...

 

just use a spark plug socket

 

thanks for the replies, but i had to take it to a mech and pay $30 to have them take out the two peices. i tried all of the other ideas, except for the really long needle nose because i dont have a pair that big, but the garage did.
thanks again

 

Did you forget to oil the threads of the compression testor? Also was this the 1st time you used it?

Lesson #1 Actron comes real loose. Tighten it down GOOD to the hose.

#2 It doesn't need to be screwed in really tight in the spark plug hole.
#3 Always oil the threads before hand.

A spark plug socket won't work becuase hello there's nothing for it to grab on to. What I did was take an old shitty spark plug and screw in to it instead of the compression tester (cause that's not going to get it out) and then take your spark plug socket and take it out. Ruined the spark plug but no biggie. Pliers and a flat head and other tools didn't work for me when I first did this about 4 years ago. Follow the first 3 things, never had the problem since.

 

That most important thing is to oil the o-ring on it. The other thing is make sure you have some anti-sieze on your plugs so it will get in the threads so you don't have a spark plug end up getting stuck in there too.

 

happened to me once and I reinstalled the tester with loctite on the thread let it sit for about 15 mins and screwed it right back out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr Milano &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did you forget to oil the threads of the compression testor? Also was this the 1st time you used it?

Lesson #1 Actron comes real loose. Tighten it down GOOD to the hose.

#2 It doesn't need to be screwed in really tight in the spark plug hole.
#3 Always oil the threads before hand.

A spark plug socket won't work becuase hello there's nothing for it to grab on to. What I did was take an old shitty spark plug and screw in to it instead of the compression tester (cause that's not going to get it out) and then take your spark plug socket and take it out. Ruined the spark plug but no biggie. Pliers and a flat head and other tools didn't work for me when I first did this about 4 years ago. Follow the first 3 things, never had the problem since.</TD></TR></TABLE>

hind sight is 20/20

That compression tester is trashed, he actually made it into a pretty lethal weapon....so much for a productive day huh?