spark plug issues
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Needle nose vice grips secured around a long shanked fish hook (like a catfish hook). Stick it down there, yank so the hook pierces the rubber past the barb on the hook, and pull that sucker out. It may come out or it may tear it in half, which you were thinking about doing anyhow.
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From: elkmont alabama
well I tried last nite to "dig" out the rubber piece I used 3in deck screws and needle nose pliers to try and pull it out or atleast tear it up with the screws but once I would try to pull on the screws they would pull out of the rubber piece here is a better picture of what im working with and I also broke the top of the plug on accident but it has to be replaced anyway im going to try as many of yalls tips as I can before I have to go to school today
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From: elkmont alabama
so I called the mechanic at my familys shop for advice on this issue and from what he said this has happened to them before and the best way to get it out is to take a wire coat hanger and dig out the rubber piece well I have trying that for over an hour and made no progress and have gone back to using 3in deck screws in hope of breaking the piece into pieces and taking it out that way but still no luck and I am unable to tell if I am making any progress.
and I would take the truck to my familys shop but from where I live it is about an hour or so drive on the interstate and running on 7 plugs I am worried about tearing the truck up.
and I would take the truck to my familys shop but from where I live it is about an hour or so drive on the interstate and running on 7 plugs I am worried about tearing the truck up.
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I'm guessing that even if you disconnected that cylinder's fuel injector that you'd still fuel wash the cylinder wall as well as blow the catalytic converter.
Try hitting the plug hole with 120 psi air and see if any loose parts fly out.
Try hitting the plug hole with 120 psi air and see if any loose parts fly out.
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From: elkmont alabama
so far today what I have done is attempted to use a wire hanger to dig out the rubber next I went back to using 3in deck screws and ran 2 into the rubber on either side and tried to work the piece out but only shredded it into smaller pieces next I got my electric soldering iron and let it get good and hot and stuck it down into the well and went back and fourth around the bottom of the plug till I saw the hex of the spark plug now all I have to do is get that piece of porcelain out of the hole and try my socket to see if I was able to get the plug free. I have tried compressed air to get it out but no luck so far
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From: elkmont alabama
I was able to get the boot out of the well and it looks to be the tip of the coil pack that somehow got wedged below the hex of the spark plug. now I am not able to get the plug out. I have tried a 6 point 5/8 and a 12 point, I have tried a 9/16 6 point and no luck yet.
now with the boot off I blew out the well and filled it with rust penetrant with a heat valve in hopes that will help me in getting the plug out.
I cant stand driving a car anymore to low to the ground and I have the need for speed when driving a car
now with the boot off I blew out the well and filled it with rust penetrant with a heat valve in hopes that will help me in getting the plug out.
I cant stand driving a car anymore to low to the ground and I have the need for speed when driving a car
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From: elkmont alabama
got the plug out it fought me every step I saw a video on youtube where a guy was using a impact gun to take the plugs out of a 3v and and thought why not try it myself so I did and look what came out now to put the new one in a take a test drive
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From: elkmont alabama
I just want to say thanks guys yall had some good ideas that I tried and I appreciate the tips. I have never run into this before on a ford it has happened to me on some dodge trucks where the coil connector breaks off but that is so much easier to take out than that little piece of rubber
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Just seen & read this thread. I have an observation that nobody pointed out. I am assuming the boot of your Coil is in good shape, otherwise you should've realized it was shorter than all your other ones. If that's the case & yours in not torn off, then that was from a previous repair. Which means there is no way in hell your coil was pushed all the way down onto your spark plug, she must've been jumping a gap. Hopefully you will feel a difference in the engine now & I don't blame you, my OCD would not have let me leave 1 old plug either...lol
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I just want to say thanks guys yall had some good ideas that I tried and I appreciate the tips. I have never run into this before on a ford it has happened to me on some dodge trucks where the coil connector breaks off but that is so much easier to take out than that little piece of rubber
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From: elkmont alabama
king- it had a slight bump at idle not really anything that would lead me to think I had a bad connection or miss fire. but it is a night and day difference from old plugs and new ones.
dark- I found the torque specs for the plugs that was my number one fear the other was crossthreading the plug and blowing it out.
dark- I found the torque specs for the plugs that was my number one fear the other was crossthreading the plug and blowing it out.