A1cntrler
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Yep. I waited a bit longer than most would have. I was about to order the Lisele kit for the broken plug removal. The more I thought about it the more I didn't want to risk having my daily driver down for an extended period while I piddled with it in the garage for the better part of a day if I broke one or eight.
I took it down to my mechanic that I trust and he billed me 1.5 hours for the job. I supplied the plugs and new coil boots (Motorcraft SP514 Plugs and Denso boots). I dropped it off lastnight so that it would be cool in the morning when he could do it.
I waited until noon to give him a call. I was nervous waiting that long not hearing from him, as I figured some broke (But he says they don't break for him, and he s quite familiar with the design) and it's ready to pick up. Not one broken.
I asked him the secret that he uses to get them out. No backing off/soaking or anything here. After he tore something in his shoulder a few years ago getting some out of an F150 a mechanic bud told him that he needs to use an impact on it. Says he hasn't broken one since. I have seen the YouTube videos showing this method and was kind of scared to see it done to mine. Glad I didn't ask how he did it before, as I may have said no. I just asked if he was familiar with them and if he had the broken plug removal tool.
Starts/idles and runs smoother now than it has in a while. The gaps were pretty extreme on a few of them, but the ignition system we've got seems to be good enough to overcome that.
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I took it down to my mechanic that I trust and he billed me 1.5 hours for the job. I supplied the plugs and new coil boots (Motorcraft SP514 Plugs and Denso boots). I dropped it off lastnight so that it would be cool in the morning when he could do it.
I waited until noon to give him a call. I was nervous waiting that long not hearing from him, as I figured some broke (But he says they don't break for him, and he s quite familiar with the design) and it's ready to pick up. Not one broken.
I asked him the secret that he uses to get them out. No backing off/soaking or anything here. After he tore something in his shoulder a few years ago getting some out of an F150 a mechanic bud told him that he needs to use an impact on it. Says he hasn't broken one since. I have seen the YouTube videos showing this method and was kind of scared to see it done to mine. Glad I didn't ask how he did it before, as I may have said no. I just asked if he was familiar with them and if he had the broken plug removal tool.
Starts/idles and runs smoother now than it has in a while. The gaps were pretty extreme on a few of them, but the ignition system we've got seems to be good enough to overcome that.
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