fonicsmonkey
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- May 4, 2011
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- City, State
- Manchester, NH
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006 Limited
OK. Broke the first one I tried. Need help. The top porcelain and the electrode are left, just the threads and "ring" came out. The lisle tool is useless at this point, how do I remove the electrode and the white topside porcelin? Get it broken,pulled,magic tricked out?
How did you get that first broken plug out?
I did the plug/coil job on Monday...80k miles on the clock...My first one did the same thing...only the hex ring came out. I used a long screwdriver to break the top portion off. I placed the tip of the screwdriver along the top edge of the plug (the spot where the coil touches the plug) and applied some pressure to the edge of the spark plug hole and the porcelain broke perfectly leaving only the metal sleeve with the broken porcelain piece in it. Then i used the Lisle tool and it came out. My second plug broke as well only this time the porcelain broke while spinning out the plug. The Lisle tool work perfectly again.
After the second plug broke I loosened the other 6 plugs another 1/8 to 1/4 turn. I think I didn't break them loose enough the first time to allow the Motorcraft Carb Cleaner to seep down (that stuff worked really well btw)...after letting them sit 15 more minutes...they rest came out in tact. They squealed but they came out...the two that made no noise were the ones that broke.