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nodnarbing YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 38 Jacksonville, Fl Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #30 - 02/07/12 at 19:49:41 Ngk..and I don't get it either. Old spark plug has a skinny metal stud on the cap end, iridium one has a much thicker cap end. Won't fit into the cap
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spacepirates Serious Thumper Offline Igni Ferroque Posts: 515 Pittsburgh, PA Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #31 - 02/07/12 at 19:52:31 maybe you missed my post, but re-read and take some pliers to those ends to see if you can't twist off the adapter thingies. ... i really hope i'm right and don't cause you to maul up your plugs, but it has been this way with my last eight plugs on three different bikes.
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nodnarbing YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 38 Jacksonville, Fl Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #32 - 02/07/12 at 19:59:36 Trying that now
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nodnarbing YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 38 Jacksonville, Fl Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #33 - 02/07/12 at 20:02:33 Wow, I feel like an idiot!!!
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #34 - 02/07/12 at 20:10:40 nodnarbing wrote on 02/07/12 at 20:02:33: Wow, I feel like an idiot!!! So you just had to twist the nipple off? Hey, you asked. The idiot is too proud and just returns it.
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nodnarbing YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 38 Jacksonville, Fl Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #35 - 02/07/12 at 20:15:39 Yea, pair of needle nose and a firm grip, came right off. My wife is still cracking up...I swear I'm mechanically inclined!! Haha
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #36 - 02/07/12 at 20:19:03 Doh! The wife knows! Okay, so it'll take a while to wear off. How's the bike now?
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nodnarbing YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 38 Jacksonville, Fl Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #37 - 02/07/12 at 20:24:10 Ah, it's 11;45 here, Will install tomorrow after work and update. I had her taking pics for me, so yea..she knows. Then again she's owned a VR-4 and a Miata with an LS1 in it. She knows her stuff.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #38 - 02/07/12 at 20:35:44 That's actually pretty cool. My wife would probably be hard pressed to pick out which was a spark plug from a half dozen various parts, so it's not something we can share. Good for y'all!
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Reply #39 - 02/07/12 at 23:35:48

nodnarbing wrote on 02/07/12 at 20:24:10:

Ah, it's 11;45 here, Will install tomorrow after work and update.

I had her taking pics for me, so yea..she knows. Then again she's owned a VR-4 and a Miata with an LS1 in it. She knows her stuff.

& she let you twist in the wind like that???

Thats a good story,,my wife & I laff at some of my exploits.

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spacepirates Serious Thumper Offline Igni Ferroque Posts: 515 Pittsburgh, PA Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #40 - 02/08/12 at 05:11:04 i'd bet you'd be hard pressed to find any of us on this forum (or any mechanic anywhere in the world) who didn't have one of these moments.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #41 - 02/08/12 at 06:45:40 spacepirates wrote on 02/08/12 at 05:11:04: i'd bet you'd be hard pressed to find any of us on this forum (or any mechanic anywhere in the world) who didn't have one of these moments. No doubts from me on that.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #42 - 02/09/12 at 08:21:07 BTW nod...did the petcock swap clear up your problem...just curious.
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nodnarbing YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 38 Jacksonville, Fl Gender:	Re: Gas puddling below bike Reply #43 - 02/09/12 at 08:29:07 Yes, and it cleaned up the weird "stuttering" at about 50-55...new plug helped a ton too. This weekend will be rebuilding carb and oil change time.
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