Piss on guns - we need stronger tool regulation.
I bought a quad from the neighbor ( who I assume is blameless) and have been doing some work on it. Front wheel bearings, brakes, ect - all needed attention. But I noted an odd chirping that sounded like an exhaust leak. ( I have another identical quad - so I know what it' s supposed to sound like.
I pulled the sparkplug (you could see it hadn't been out in a while from the crud around it) - to find the head damaged at the entrance of the spark plug hole. It looks like they took a chisel to it. One edge of the hole had chisel marks 1/8 inch deep. I am amazed that the threads are clear enough for the plug to go in and out.
I have no idea why what the " mechanic" who did this was doing - but it' s clear he is a mental case - and shouldn't be allowed to play with tools.
I'll be spending the morning building the tooling to re-surface the sealing area of the plug. For extra fun - I don't have a 12mm x 1.25mm tap, die, or gauge - so I get to single point it on the lathe, and gauge it over wires compared to the spark plug....
Changing the back gears on the lathe is sooooo much fun.
I bought a quad from the neighbor ( who I assume is blameless) and have been doing some work on it. Front wheel bearings, brakes, ect - all needed attention. But I noted an odd chirping that sounded like an exhaust leak. ( I have another identical quad - so I know what it' s supposed to sound like.
I pulled the sparkplug (you could see it hadn't been out in a while from the crud around it) - to find the head damaged at the entrance of the spark plug hole. It looks like they took a chisel to it. One edge of the hole had chisel marks 1/8 inch deep. I am amazed that the threads are clear enough for the plug to go in and out.
I have no idea why what the " mechanic" who did this was doing - but it' s clear he is a mental case - and shouldn't be allowed to play with tools.
I'll be spending the morning building the tooling to re-surface the sealing area of the plug. For extra fun - I don't have a 12mm x 1.25mm tap, die, or gauge - so I get to single point it on the lathe, and gauge it over wires compared to the spark plug....
Changing the back gears on the lathe is sooooo much fun.
