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RE: Spark plug socket



> Wanting a socket to which I could attach a torque wrench eliminated the
> one
> that comes in the stock tool kit. After being unable to find a socket that
> had
> thin enough walls to use on the oilhead, I just bought a deep socket of
> the
> appropriate size at a local auto parts store, and thinned the wall by
> applying
> the socket to my bench grinder. It's not pretty, but has worked for the
> past 5
> years or so.
> Gary Prickett
> Mission Viejo, CA

If you really feel the need to put a torque wrench on the spark plug,
another solution is to simply take a socket or bolt which fits the end of
tool kit wrench, insert it into the stock wrench and drill and pin the
bolt/socket to the wrench.  

Davis Eichelberger

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