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Old 06-08-2021, 06:50 AM   #1
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Default 272 Spark plugs

OK, so Autolite 46 is what I need- are those easily available at current auto parts stores ( advance; autozone, etc ) ? and if not, I have heard that NGK is a good plug but I can't find the specific NGK crossref from the 46. Anyone know the NGK number?
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https://www.sparkplug-crossreference...rt/AUTOLITE/46
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The NGK WR5 is an approximate. It has a slight V-cut in the tip of the electrode.
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I got 46s at AutoZone or Advance, can't remember which but they have 'em.
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Unless you would rather have MOTORCRAFT....
Since they broke apart from one another, MOTORCRAFT remained Quality, while
Autolite became the "bottom of the barrel"....

I have MOTORCRAFT, if you would like.....
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Unless you would rather have MOTORCRAFT....
Since they broke apart from one another, MOTORCRAFT remained Quality, while
Autolite became the "bottom of the barrel"....

I have MOTORCRAFT, if you would like.....
I really hope you are wrong 'cause I just bought a new set of 46's at Advance.

I used to run Motorcraft BSF82C...not sure where I could get those.
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AUTOLITE-HONEYWELL produces the bulk of MOTORCRAFT SPARK PLUGS (USA).

They are manufactured to FORD SPECS and I doubt FORD will allow the exact same product to be sold under another trade name.

FORD MOTOR is not the FOMOCO that used to be. It is a world wide auto manufacturer and has many suppliers, many of them overseas. What you buy now marked FORD and/or MOTORCRAFT is a crap-shoot. Most everything produced today is either ASIAN or EUROPEAN design. FORD has a huge manufacturing plant/foundry/assembly in CHINA now after closing the facilities in AUSTRALIA. Hey, no IRS, OSHA, wage - health care - comp - retirement or unions.

I remember ... ... reading a post a few weeks ago where the poster said the plugs he bought were CHI-COM. Can't remember ... ... if they were AUTOLITE or CHAMPION.

READ HERE - https://findanyanswer.com/are-motorc...olite-the-same

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AUTOLITE is now owned by TRICO GROUP -

https://www.aftermarketnews.com/tric...-and-autolite/

No 55blacktie, CHI-COM is not a racist term, it is reality.
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Old 06-09-2021, 01:12 PM   #8
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AUTOLITE-HONEYWELL produces the bulk of MOTORCRAFT SPARK PLUGS (USA).

They are manufactured to FORD SPECS and I doubt FORD will allow the exact same product to be sold under another trade name.

FORD MOTOR is not the FOMOCO that used to be. It is a world wide auto manufacturer and has many suppliers, many of them overseas. What you buy now marked FORD and/or MOTORCRAFT is a crap-shoot. Most everything produced today is either ASIAN or EUROPEAN design. FORD has a huge manufacturing plant/foundry/assembly in CHINA now after closing the facilities in AUSTRALIA. Hey, no IRS, OSHA, wage - health care - comp - retirement or unions.

I remember ... ... reading a post a few weeks ago where the poster said the plugs he bought were CHI-COM. Can't remember ... ... if they were AUTOLITE or CHAMPION.

READ HERE - https://findanyanswer.com/are-motorc...olite-the-same

No 55blacktie, CHI-COM is not a racist term, it is reality.

Thanks for the heads up on that, KULTULZ.
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