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brokenben
03-09-2004, 04:53 PM
yea. the thread in the block is now stripped. don't even know how it happened. nothing i can do? get a new block?
Flybert
03-09-2004, 05:04 PM
Rethread it if you can.
brokenben
03-09-2004, 05:12 PM
Rethread it if you can.
is there any way to do that without taking apart the engine? ...i dont think its stripped all the way down.. but stripped enough that i cant get it to catch. i was gonna get rid of this car. but now i cant get as much for it
brokenben
03-09-2004, 05:29 PM
ok nm.. jus found out that my neighbor knows how to rethread them. lucky i guess
Bumish1
03-19-2004, 01:42 AM
hey everyone any info on this would help me as well haha as i am the one who might buy the car... i duno what all might be wrong with it but hmmm i want it to run as good as possible
nissantuner22
03-19-2004, 09:50 AM
no biggie. ive seen it happen a lot. get it rethread and your good to go.especially if you have aluminon threads, let this be a reminder people, you dont need to torque the hell out of a sparkplug.
NISMO240SXSE1
03-19-2004, 11:24 AM
hey everyone any info on this would help me as well haha as i am the one who might buy the car... i duno what all might be wrong with it but hmmm i want it to run as good as possible

For about $50 to $75 you can buy a Helicoil kit.They make kits to re-thread all sorts of problems,especially spark plug threads.I had to do some of the threads for the valve cover after i had some work done last year.They work great.Just like new(almost)
Var
03-19-2004, 12:31 PM
yea. the thread in the block is now stripped. don't even know how it happened. nothing i can do? get a new block?


ya get a new block cause you stripped the threads in your head.