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I wish....
I wish my buddy Tom would have read this forum before working on his truck like I suggested he do. 
He called me up today to tell me he is changing his spark plugs. The first three he put a socket on broke off and he wants me to tell him how to fix it.
I told him stop and soak the rest of them down and sent him a link to order the Lisle removal tool. I hope it takes a week to ship, I totally don't feel like going over there. lol
He called me up today to tell me he is changing his spark plugs. The first three he put a socket on broke off and he wants me to tell him how to fix it.
I told him stop and soak the rest of them down and sent him a link to order the Lisle removal tool. I hope it takes a week to ship, I totally don't feel like going over there. lol
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I hope it takes a week to ship, I totally don't feel like going over there. lol
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Well the bad news is he broke all 8 off. I was able to get 6 of the tips out with the lisle removal tool, but the back two are stuck fast. What other options are available to get those really stuck ones out?
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I broke 7 of 8, including both rear plugs (following the TSB plus some). The only real issue I had was stripping the Lisle extractor on the very last one. Got second tool, made doubly sure the ceramic was pushed out of the way so the tool could get a good bite on the sleeve, and got it out. Was a little stressful, but worked out. Not sure what to tell your buddy on this one. Talk to some experienced technicians. Worst case is the heads will have to be pulled, but HOPEFULLY not. Oh yeah, was Kroil used? I used PB Blaster whereas most "successful" folks have used Kroil; I think that may have contributed to my breaking 7 of 8.
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Originally Posted by tooldad
The only real issue I had was stripping the Lisle extractor on the very last one.
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