[Dave Kost]

Otter,

Sent you a PM with my contact info.

Let me know if I can help.

Dave

Originally Posted by Otter74

Walt, thanks for that detailed note.

I forgot to mention that the car is running on a Megasquirt for fuel and ignition (Ford EDIS), so no CIS.

The engine compartment is a ton les crowded than a stock one, but I can't imagine tapping and threading anything with the engine in the car unless you had, I dunno, nanobots. Or ninja skills. Access is a PITA even though you can at least see the VC.

And I am very fortunate that I do have someone that I would 100% trust leaving the car with. It would sit with the owners Triumph TR4, Ferrari 456, old Packard and I don't remember what else. For working on it, the people from there recommended Charlie Hsu (sp?) first if I'm patient and then a shop named I think German Motor Works or soemthing like that (don't have it written down)

I think it might be cheaper or easier to have a transporter take it home than to rent a U haul.

As for why the plug blew out, that's the mystery. This actually happened to me once before either last summer or the fall before. I was in New Glarus, WI that time and didn't have tools with me but was within a short walk of a farm supply place so I just walked down, bought a few tools and screwed the plug back in. Thought it was bizarre but didn't think much of it again. At the time I figured it was loose and unscrewed itself, which doesn't make a lot of sense in retrospect but then again I screwed it back in and there it sat for 5-10k more miles....until last week when I put new plugs in. Felt OK when I threaded it in but obviously the threads were damaged and 800 miles later, boom. It's possible the threads were damaged when the top,end was rebuilt by the PO in 2013.