HELP PLEASE! good ol broken spark plug

[MGH KSTMGRPHX]

Hi everyone. new guy here. i know there are threads on here about this but i would like to find out more info on how to resolve this.
i have a 97 ford ranger xlt 4x4 4.0 6cyl. i am planing a road trip to florida and of course a few days before im supossed to leave i decide to change the spark plugs and wires. and of course the second to last one snaps apart. it came out clean and no broken ceramic. the threads/sleeve are still in the hole.
i went to autozone and got an extractor set and a thread repair kit. i've sprayed zeperserve (like pb blaster) on it all day today. i read about heating it several times and letting it cool before using extractor. does it sound like im on the right track??? any help or links to prior pages would be greatly appreciated! thanks for any help!!!
mike

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[Ranger Al]

You are on the right track. It is going to take times and patient, so don't rush yourself. You may also try to get from under the truck or remove the front wheel and go threw the fender all (some kind of plastic) removed.

 

[swetrid]

I learned from many years in the business don't ever do anything to your car before vacation. Seems like every weird problem or a slew of problems occur shortly after lol.

 

[MGH KSTMGRPHX]

thanks. and yes i shoulda known not to try this before vaca. lol

 

[MGH KSTMGRPHX]

here's a link to the forum page i've been reading. seemed to work for some of you. hopefully it will work for me and any others that have this problem.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139982&highlight=spark+plug+extractor