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blow plugs
5th Wheeling
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Just south of Dallas
I have changed GPs on mine, but didn't have a problem and am not completely familar with layout. Is there a chance you can drill it with a left hand drill bit? Not to drill it out but to reduce the inside diameter to a point that it can be pulled back out? You also have the opportunity for it to spin with the bit and come out with the bit. Just a thought.
Postmaster
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Kearney, Nebr
That could be dangerous. However, it might be your only option.
Tuned
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Rincon, GA
I read a post on FTE about a year ago where a guy did exactly that. But, he took a punch and marked it so he could carefully tap the tip in and break it loose without pushing it completely through the head. Then he blew it out by turning the engine over.
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Joined: May 2007
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From: Belair md
any progress on this issue yet? it doesnt look like you can even get a hold of the plug anymore, i though i read in the earlier pages that you can, or could..... if so then the small picture that action posted of the visegrips on a slidehammer has been my tool of choice. if possible get a hold of the plug and while its clamped smack it down into the cylinder so it becomes loose then you can work it out with the slide hammer and then drive it in and out till it pops out of the cylinder head. but from your pics it looks like you broke it off flush way down in there.
if it is broke off inside where you cant get to it then the only other thing i had success with is starting with the smallest drill bit you can find drill a hole into the plug and then keep working your way up one size at a time until the plug tip pops free then you can fish it out. you will probably have to remove the injector to get enough room to fit the drill and bit in there. also if you try the slide hammer method remove the injector anyway, its better then snapping the lock tab off that injector solonoid.
if it is broke off inside where you cant get to it then the only other thing i had success with is starting with the smallest drill bit you can find drill a hole into the plug and then keep working your way up one size at a time until the plug tip pops free then you can fish it out. you will probably have to remove the injector to get enough room to fit the drill and bit in there. also if you try the slide hammer method remove the injector anyway, its better then snapping the lock tab off that injector solonoid.
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From: Cato Arkansas
i have always read only buy the motorcrafts i just changed mine 2 months ago and none broke and everyone was a motorcraft. my truck has 215k miles and i don't know how long the ones that where in it where before i had it but i do know 2 where bad
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From: Quinton NJ
any progress on this issue yet? it doesnt look like you can even get a hold of the plug anymore, i though i read in the earlier pages that you can, or could..... if so then the small picture that action posted of the visegrips on a slidehammer has been my tool of choice. if possible get a hold of the plug and while its clamped smack it down into the cylinder so it becomes loose then you can work it out with the slide hammer and then drive it in and out till it pops out of the cylinder head. but from your pics it looks like you broke it off flush way down in there.
if it is broke off inside where you cant get to it then the only other thing i had success with is starting with the smallest drill bit you can find drill a hole into the plug and then keep working your way up one size at a time until the plug tip pops free then you can fish it out. you will probably have to remove the injector to get enough room to fit the drill and bit in there. also if you try the slide hammer method remove the injector anyway, its better then snapping the lock tab off that injector solonoid.
if it is broke off inside where you cant get to it then the only other thing i had success with is starting with the smallest drill bit you can find drill a hole into the plug and then keep working your way up one size at a time until the plug tip pops free then you can fish it out. you will probably have to remove the injector to get enough room to fit the drill and bit in there. also if you try the slide hammer method remove the injector anyway, its better then snapping the lock tab off that injector solonoid.
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