Re: [T3] Anyone know where #3 plug would go?

["Jonathan O'Donnell-Young" <seriousjon@bigpond.com>]

Thanks Jim - My plug socket has a rubber insert that doesn't work -it's too
loose - I will definitely remedy this for the future!
Best Regards
Jonathan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Anyone know where #3 plug would go?


> On 29 May 2005 at 16:16, Jonathan O'Donnell-Young wrote:
>
> > A routine plug and points change became a tad irritating today when #3
plug
> > dropped out of the plug spanner on the way out.
> > After 15 minutes of unsuccesfully trying to retrieve it with fingers and
> > various implements - it suddenly disappeared without trace.
> > I took the LH carb off to get better access and used an extendable
> > inspection mirror to no avail.
>
> The time this happened to me, the plug was positioned fore and aft in the
space
> right between the 2 spark plug holes, just inside the tin. It would have
been
> easy to find if I had just thought to feel there, but I actually never
found it
> until I tore the engine down a few years later.
>
> Does your plug socket have some means of holding the plug in there? That's
an
> important feature.
>
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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