Lost an important spark plug part

[CamaroMan79]

I was putting a new spark plug on my 125 earlier and I needed to take the gold top off of the spark plug.  It is held on there by a small horseshoe clip.......we'll safe to say I lost that lil sob, now I'm stuck.  I can't find it in any parts catalog so I don't know what else to do.

I guess my next step will probably the hardware store but that's 2 towns over and am not sure if they will have a clip that small.


Any ideas?

[zombie]

Buy a new boot.  http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/ngk-plug-cap--lzfh-8381
They simply thread on to the HT wire. About 3 bucks.

[CamaroMan79]

Isn't that just the boot though.  The piece I was talking about was a brass cylindrical piece that set on top of the spark plug threads where the tip would be.  It's held in place by a horseshoe clip around the brass then that snaps up into the spark plug wire

[zombie]

Those boots have all the internal parts. In the center of the wire end is a pointed screw about 5/16" long. It screws onto, and into the wire. It is actually the same as your OEM boot.
You could also make a Temp. fix by cutting down a hair pin. but those boots, are sold in every bike shop, and most auto parts places

[jeeves]

I was putting a new spark plug on my 125 earlier and I needed to take the gold top off of the spark plug.  It is held on there by a small horseshoe clip.......we'll safe to say I lost that lil sob, now I'm stuck.  I can't find it in any parts catalog so I don't know what else to do.

I guess my next step will probably the hardware store but that's 2 towns over and am not sure if they will have a clip that small.


Any ideas?

Happened to me last week, same thing.
Went to the local auto parts shop, showed them the boot I needed(here we call it pipe, like in smoking pipe), and got a similar one for like 7$.