knocking feeling on plug connector?

Eric Mckenna · 01-02-2003, 03:43 PM

He fella's
I knocked out a tune up about 3 months ago and all is GREAT !
since the little bastard has been sitting quite for so long i decided to run out and piss the neighbors off and fire her up and run around in the cold wet weather. i was just checking things out before I took off on my jaunt.. while she was getting up to temp! I was simple pushing all the plug connectors on to make sure all was well .. and #6 felt like a little tap I could feel it firing w/ a knock so I shut her off and threw the wrench on it and it moved what seemed like a smig. (Eric term for little) plugged it back up and started the car .. and it seem to be ok.. it was gone no more knocking feeling?

so is this a common thing to have plugs back out like that .. or was it just one of those things that happen from time to time.
any ideas..

TIA
Eric McKenna
78SC

k9handler · 01-02-2003, 03:47 PM

yep...it does happen to some. Back when I was a teen in Colo I had a spark plug fall completely out, and then last year at a track event a guy with a really fast vette set the best time of the day on 6cyl when his engine blew two plugs out! He somehow fixed it and ran even faster at the next event.

Eric Mckenna · 01-02-2003, 03:55 PM

Thanks Smitty,
I was wondering if it happened to others..they all seemed to be good after the run .. I'll check them more often from now on.
I have only been back about 15 minutes from the drive MAN I LOVE that car.. LOUD! LIGHT & fast enough for now! hahaha but needs to be faster.. it was fast enough as the roads are wet and the reartires let go with the slightest tap of the throttle. we are going to get about 4" snow tonight so i figured this may be my only chance to clean the carbon out for a bit. Smitty what type exhaust ya gonna go with? I have a GHL 2 in 2 out and BRU=THER! she is loud! and I LOVE it! my neighbors are never happy with me they love winter as the don't have to wake up to the sound of a FLATSIX.. at 5:30 am everyday! hahahaha
Thanks again for the Plug bit.. she ran GREAT! oh how they love the cold thick air!

Eric Mckenna
78SC

k9handler · 01-02-2003, 04:00 PM

I am going to have Harald do his magic and make it for me.
I am not going to worry about heat at all, so headers and big tubes...not sure on the muffler though...guess I will let Harald give me some suggestions. I just love the look of the tips on this car he did.

k9handler · 01-02-2003, 04:01 PM

better photo

Eric Mckenna · 01-02-2003, 04:22 PM

Smitty,
Hell yes! I love that Car!! I have some shots of that monster too Harald had sent to me. I have two 3" tips on mine I want to have them directed straight out the rear like Harald has.. mine angle more at an angle now.. which is ok but not how i want them. The sound is GREAT!!! I can feel it in my chest it's like a deep bass! internal bleeding and all ! hahahahah
Yeah Have harald set ya up with a look like that !
here is mine!

Hey and why is my car shown for only a nana second ion the FatBottom Vid? everyone else got about a full 3 seconds but nah! not yer Pal Eric.. he gets a .5 of a second! hahahah just messing/ ! by the way i love that song and that Video!
great work on that .

See ya Eric