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I still would like to get an answer from the OP on what happened.
Yes thanks for the report. Too close of a gap is hard to imagine getting done by mistake, but stranger things have happened. Maybe the guy had poor vision and Parkinson's......dropped 3 of the plugs and put them right into the motor.????