Hello All,
This is my First post, I have gotten alot of usefull information from this site and now I asking my first of many quesstions I am sure. I hae what I believe is a '72 9.5 hp Sprt twin short shaft. My Problem now is that getting ready for wormer weather and getting everything out of storage I have discovered that last weekend my Motor was vandalized and the culprit, get this removed the upper of the 2 spark plugs! and relieved me of it. Well I was just thinking no big deal I needed to replace them anyway. I go to pt the new one in tonight and test the motor, in a drum of course. To my dismay I discover that they damaged the threads where the spark plug threads into. So this brings me to my point,,,, What in the world do I do about this. Should I try and chase the threads with a tap and hope they hold, or do I replace that portion of the power unit? Please help! I volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters and I have the hopes of a weekend fishing trip for a 7 yr old little boy riding on this motor running...:facepalm:
This is my First post, I have gotten alot of usefull information from this site and now I asking my first of many quesstions I am sure. I hae what I believe is a '72 9.5 hp Sprt twin short shaft. My Problem now is that getting ready for wormer weather and getting everything out of storage I have discovered that last weekend my Motor was vandalized and the culprit, get this removed the upper of the 2 spark plugs! and relieved me of it. Well I was just thinking no big deal I needed to replace them anyway. I go to pt the new one in tonight and test the motor, in a drum of course. To my dismay I discover that they damaged the threads where the spark plug threads into. So this brings me to my point,,,, What in the world do I do about this. Should I try and chase the threads with a tap and hope they hold, or do I replace that portion of the power unit? Please help! I volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters and I have the hopes of a weekend fishing trip for a 7 yr old little boy riding on this motor running...:facepalm: