Spark plug wont go back in.

[perry]

Hey people,
My quad wouldnt start and I gently took the spark plug out. I inspected it and decided to put a new one in. When I went to put the new on back in, I tightened it by hand, and it stopped less than two - three turns into the engine. I think there might be dried mud in the thread or something because I never tightened it with the tool. I just did it by hand. Could I have screwed up the thread on the way out? I have gas tank off and it looks like there is some debris on the thread. Am currently trying to clean it out, but It still wont tighten past 2-3 turns. Afraid to use wrench to try and force it in.

What do I do, and if there is something wrong with my thread, how much $ am I looking at?

Please help me!!!!!!!!

[perry]

I cleaned the area as best I could, including hooking up straw/saran wrap/shopvac contraption and removed debris from inside engine.

I screwed in the plug with tool and unscrewed several times .... last coupla times I lightly lubed with oil. The last time I tightened by hand until I couldnt, then made a 1/4 turn with tool and started right up.

Anyways, it appears to be working now. Maybe I was just being paranoid, but I really didnt want to strip that out.

Did anyone else run into anything like this?

Mike

iv'e always heard that the slightest resistance meant to stop when it comes to the spark plug.

[Rip_Tear]

Doesn't sound good! I would definately get that checked out. Good luck.