Hey all. After going through the chore of replacing my busted water pump, I went into the problem of inoperating fans on my 1997 Z28.

For the fans:

I had to replace the grounding wire on the fan and fan 1 works when I by-pass the relays. When the relay is in, and the car hot, the fan still doesn't come on! I checked the voltage across the relay (to activate it) and my multi-meter checks it to be 13V. I checked the relay with a 9V battery and it does click over and has continuity on the two poles.

For the plug:

I pulled my #8 sparkplug to replace it, and found that it had some weird orange stuff and what looked like a copper holder contraption around it. Well paying that no mind, I tried slipping the new plug in. To my astonishment - it wouldn't tighten down! So putting two and two together (and the fact that the plug I removed didn't match the other 7 plugs I removed), I concluded that some jack-a-hole stripped it out previously, and had some sort of way to fix it up. So for the time being, what would be a way to fix it so I could drive my car for a day or two, and what would be the best long-term way to fix the problem?

Thanks for the replies in advance

 

Long term, you will probably have to pull the head and have the threads repaired. Short term, I can't think of any good options.

 

Take some JB Weld and cover the threads on a spark plug with a good amount. Then carefully screw it in the head until its tight but the threads are still straight. Unscrew the plug then let it sit for atleast 12 hours. I would think that should hold you until you could pull the thread and have it done right. Good luck

 

Thanks for the replies! Anyone know how much it's going to run to get the thread retapped? Or should I just start looking for a new set of heads?