Bulbs, electrical connectors, battery posts, trailer light plugs…everything except rotors and caps. I have always done like he taught me and used a little white grease on any bulb outside the cab and exposed to the elements. He’ll start moving tools to other drawers on me!!!. And when people really start putting their weight into it.things start to break.Old habits die hard and I don’t want my dear old dads spirit comming back to haunt me If you use one of the common 8" ratchets found in a generic Craftsman or similar socket set, you need to put a little more ass behind it. They just get a push past 'snug.' No major effort involved. So I'm more likely to try and crank on stuff and overdo it.įor plugs, I use the same ~16" ratchet I use on most everything. Personally, I do better with the longer stuff- reason being, I am aware of the lack of mechanical advantage with small tools. I've recently begun to feel otherwise, but I'm still kinda on the fence. I used to recommend short ratchets so that people be limited in the amount of torque they could generate. It takes a good while to build up that ability. Moreso that most other parts of your car, working on engines requires a deft touch. You also probably don't own a high-end, properly calibrated torque wrench. People give me shit for this, but I stand behind the notion that is you feel the need to use a torque wrench for everything, you probably should not be working on cars. And don't use torque specs for tightening plugs. The only reason for NOT using antisieze, according the manufacturers, is that it changes the torque spec. But I put in modern plated plugs dry and don't have issues. Granted, if someone has already changed the plugs out before, and possibly already boogered up the threads a bit, anti-sieze may help. Otherwise, I can't think of any major instances of dry factory plugs causing issues. But they've always seemed to have survived. Needing lots of force to remove, followed by frighteningly loose-fitting new plugs. I've had OEM plugs on some severely neglected Fords with the really short plug threads come out a little sketchy. It's a good preventative measure on plugs that aren't plated, especially if they're going into aluminum. Manufactured with special metal shell plating Spark plugs that have a shiny silverĪppearance on the metal body usually indicate that the spark plug is The use of anti-seize on spark plugs is only recommended on those brands thatĭo not offer a special metal shell plating. Spark Plugs are manufactured with special shell plating on the metal body. NGK: It is recommended to use spark plugs with the special plating on all aluminumĬylinder head applications to prevent damage to the cylinder head. Champion recommends that you do not use an anti-seize compound, since one has already been applied to the plugs at the factory.ĭenso: f a thread lubricant such as grease is coated on the thread, tightening to the recommended torque is tightening too much this has been linked to seal leakage. Our latest technology combines Tin Tac" and ULTRASEAL'M coatings over the plating to further reduce corrosion and seizure. The result of the lowered friction is that when the spark plug is torqued to the proper specification, the spark plug is turned too far into the cylinder head.Ĭhampion: Once the shell is formed and threaded, it is zinc-plated to extend its life and reduce the chances of seizure in aluminum cylinder heads. Doing this will decrease the amount of friction between the threads. This can lead to thread distortion and thread galling resulting in cylinder head damage.ĪC/Delco: Do not use any type of anti-seize compound on spark plug threads. Anti seize compounds can also have a torque multiplying effect when installing plugs. If anti seize compounds come in contact with the core nose of the plugs, it can lead to a misfire condition. Anti-seize compounds are typically composed of metallic, electrically conductive ingredients. Here are recommendations from various spark plug manufacturers:Īutolite: We do not recommend the use of any anti seize products for installing spark plugs.
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