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Old 06-28-2011, 09:51 AM   #1
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Angry 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

.... and I get home from work and my spark plug is:

A) unplugged from the wire
B) loose and rattling around in the block
C) broken (as in spinning around freely in the housing)

!!!@$@!$#@%$@???

So... of course while checking the other spark plugs, the spark plug wire on one of them broke apart and I spent like 30 mins putting it back together with the clip and trying to get it to 'snap' onto the dadgum plug... it was in a super weird position.



*sigh*

two of the other plugs were hand tight or loose as well.

WEIRD.

so, I checked each one and snugged 'em all back up and replaced the broken one.

I have no explanation for this one.

old trucks are fun!



right?



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Old 06-28-2011, 10:46 AM   #2
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

They're FUN!!!

That's what I keep telling myself anyways...
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Old 06-28-2011, 10:47 AM   #3
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

there is some spark plug anti seize that might work for you.
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Old 06-28-2011, 11:15 AM   #4
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

it broke on it's own... as far as I know.

weird.

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Old 06-29-2011, 07:24 AM   #5
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

a hot rod guy (chopnchaneled from the HAMB) gave me this tip about the spark plug boots on the wires:


What causes that is when you pushed the boots on the plugs there was an air pocket formed in it and after a period of time pressure builds up and blows the wire off.

What we did to keep it from happening on the race engines was take a needle and syringe after pushing the boot on and slide the needle in the boot beside the plus and draw a little vacuum and it solved our problem.

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Old 06-29-2011, 08:04 AM   #6
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

I had a 67 chevelle in high school that burned oil real bad , so bad that it fouled one plug all the time .. so I left it loose and carried spares with me ,and if it started skipping I just pulled into a parking lot and uscrewed it with my fingers and a rag (gingerly so as not to get burned ) and would screw a new one in finger tight and off I would go.... Sometimes though the plug would loosen on its own and fall out while i was driving ... lol
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Old 06-29-2011, 10:29 AM   #7
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Old 06-29-2011, 06:16 PM   #8
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

I dont want to hijack, but what type of plug is recommended for a 400, bored .30 over, small cam, edelbrock intake and 650 carb? thanx in advance, I need to change them, and really dont know whats best??

oh, and never had the wire coming off problem, but the syringe answer is cool!
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Old 06-29-2011, 06:34 PM   #9
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Re: 1965 C10 - 350 sbc. I hear this ticking sound...

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I dont want to hijack, but what type of plug is recommended for a 400, bored .30 over, small cam, edelbrock intake and 650 carb? thanx in advance, I need to change them, and really dont know whats best??

oh, and never had the wire coming off problem, but the syringe answer is cool!
Depends on the cylinder heads and how you drive it.
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