Miss under load

[Zekester]

tried to get the plug out and.......

 

[Centaurus5.0]

Houston!!

 

[Turdle]

Well, there's your problem. I would expect all others to be like that. while you are at it get 8 autolite double platinum plugs. dislike for all other brands runs deep here.



It'll come out, just do not get angry with it. Carefully vacuum out all the bits you can, spray the remainder well with pb blaster ( not wd40) give it a few minutes to work and try the easy out. You should have a hole in the center of the plug to work with.

 

[Zekester]

I dont think it broke the plug, just the ring. It just spun off the plug. Didnt even take much effort.

Who's responsible for this junk?

 

[Centaurus5.0]

Okay Okay... Motorcraft or Autolite double platinums or Iridium's if you like spending money. Just don't get the copper ones...

 

[Zekester]

im hoping to put new wires on and itll be fine

 

[Turdle]

Well, good luck.

I wouldn't climb a ladder to an old chandelier to change one light bulb though. Mainly because the other bulbs will burn out when you really need them, but hey it's me.

 

[CDW6212R]

Ouch, funny, but not funny!

Turdle is right, take it easy and it shouldn't be too big of a problem to remove them. That's a lot of corrosion, likely those are original plugs.

That's the negative of using the last forever plugs, the tips might, but leaving a plug in so long makes it way way harder to remove. I prefer to change plugs before 50k no matter what magic plugs they are. I'd rather spend $25 and 45 minutes of labor, once every few years, than to have to one time fight one plug.

That being said, I just bought a 92 Lincoln, with 52k miles on it, and I think the plugs are originals. I haven't driven it since bringing it home, I bought many things like the plugs and wires, I'm doing front suspension bits right now.

 

[Zekester]

Last update til next week:

went to put the new wire on and the ceramic on the plug is loose. so thats that.

Going in the shop Monday. Im not tackling that job at home...dont need to screw it up even more.

 

[Centaurus5.0]

I Thank God I haven't had to go through a plug extraction yet. A trick I do is spray them down a couple times with aerokroil weeks before I plan on changing them so they can go though some heat cycles while the penetrating oil soaks in.That, and I buy southern cars as often as possible.

Now water pump bolts are a whole other thing...

 

[CDW6212R]

Ditto, and do what you are comfortable with. There's more that you can do later, no need to force everything. Hopefully, that will be the last headache you have with the truck for a while.

 

[Zekester]

man i hope so.

i thought i was in the clear for awhile since it only has 75K on it.

 

[Zekester]

is there supposed to be a splash guard in the passenger side wheel well? theres none on mine. theres one on the drivers side, though.

maybe thats why it got so rusted

 

[Centaurus5.0]

is there supposed to be a splash guard in the passenger side wheel well?

Yup.

 

[CDW6212R]

Yes, they used to cost under $20 from Ford. They are easy to remove, and someone took that one side off, and left it off(probably tore it).

 

[Zekester]

.....and screwed me pretty good

so in case I have to tackle this myself, are those straight edge extractors better than spiral?

 

[CDW6212R]

The trick is to have a tool that fits partially into the center hole of the object you're removing, so it gets a bite into the object. The spiral kind have to be the reverse twirling type, left hand, so by turning it counter-clockwise, it digs in, goes down into the bolt, the spark plug. The straight type can work also, but the size has to be right, and those you slightly hammer them in, which you'd rather not have to do.

 

[Centaurus5.0]

Chilling (shrinking) the plug may or may not help.


I have nothing more to add.

 

[Zekester]

has anyone ever tried a 'bolt grip' style extractor for this?
Edit: nevermind, the rest of it busted off overnight on its own.

So if i run it with part of the porcelain still in there, will it blow out?

 

[koda2000]

I've heard that if you run the engine with that spark plug removed it is possible the broken part will likely be ejected out of the plug hole.

I can't speak from personal experience though.