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<blockquote data-quote="great white" data-source="post: 362024" data-attributes="member: 6238"><p>Pick up a spark plug hole repair kit. You get the tap and helicoil.</p><p></p><p>I have one in my 2 HP johnson (threads eventually rotted away in salt environment) and its works just fine. </p><p></p><p>Best to pull the head off if putting a tap/insert in. Can be done on the motor, but you're risking shavings in the cylinder even if you take all the precautions. Taking the head off also make it easy to keep the tap square to the hole. I also used a dab of locktight red to make sure the insert doesn't come back out with the spark plug on removal.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="great white, post: 362024, member: 6238"] Pick up a spark plug hole repair kit. You get the tap and helicoil. I have one in my 2 HP johnson (threads eventually rotted away in salt environment) and its works just fine. Best to pull the head off if putting a tap/insert in. Can be done on the motor, but you're risking shavings in the cylinder even if you take all the precautions. Taking the head off also make it easy to keep the tap square to the hole. I also used a dab of locktight red to make sure the insert doesn't come back out with the spark plug on removal. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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