PB172
Okay so on the way back from FCS a spark plug came loose blowing it out of the port chewing up the HT lead and royally putting a downer on a mint day...
After hours of messing around, help from Donny and Mandy I got towed from just outside Rockingham to Corley Services on the M6, a whole 40 odd miles, untill we gave in and rang the RAC to recover me for a nice hefty fee.
Turns out the owner before replaced the spark plug and tightened it up too much stripping the threads inside the head on port 2...
It's a 02 plate RS 172.
Anyway... Rang Fred @ BTM this morning and even though they where mega helpful, they seem to be mega busy so I was wondering if there was anywhere quite close to the Stafford area that I could get my head heli-coiled?
How much money am I looking at to get it done? My friend said he has seen all four ports done for under £500? Am I looking at a 1/4 of the price or am I being spoon fed some s**t...
The other 3 ports seem to be fine but I wouldn't mind getting a specialist to look over them just to make sure they aren't going to do the same thing...
I don't mind waiting for BTM to do it but Sam told me they are preping a car for le mans so I guess they are fully booked for some time! Just want my 172 back to normal![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Any help would be majorly helpful! Thanks!
After hours of messing around, help from Donny and Mandy I got towed from just outside Rockingham to Corley Services on the M6, a whole 40 odd miles, untill we gave in and rang the RAC to recover me for a nice hefty fee.
Turns out the owner before replaced the spark plug and tightened it up too much stripping the threads inside the head on port 2...
It's a 02 plate RS 172.
Anyway... Rang Fred @ BTM this morning and even though they where mega helpful, they seem to be mega busy so I was wondering if there was anywhere quite close to the Stafford area that I could get my head heli-coiled?
How much money am I looking at to get it done? My friend said he has seen all four ports done for under £500? Am I looking at a 1/4 of the price or am I being spoon fed some s**t...
The other 3 ports seem to be fine but I wouldn't mind getting a specialist to look over them just to make sure they aren't going to do the same thing...
I don't mind waiting for BTM to do it but Sam told me they are preping a car for le mans so I guess they are fully booked for some time! Just want my 172 back to normal
Any help would be majorly helpful! Thanks!