I've been reading on here about the spark plug issues with these trucks. Everything I've read about is on an 04 through 06. Should I just change them now, or hold out a year or two? (I only put about 10k on it a year and it still runs really well). But if it's going to be easier to do it now, instead of dealing with a headache later, i'd rather do it now.

What would every recommend? Thanks for the advice

 

i have an 04 did them myself at 76000 no problem none broken

 

Did my at the dealer today , 7 broken
Do them early and hopefully you will have no headaches.
05 5.4 with 75K

 

not again i'm just wondering is most of your driving city stop and go. most of my miles are highway. my plugs came out fairly clean. i just wonder if that is why mine came out easier

 

I just changed my plugs, or had the dealer change em for me. $678.00 they did the fuel injector clean first then pulled the plugs. they did have one that broke on them, just used an extractor to remove the piece left in the head.
The Truck runs very good now noticeable improvement.

 

Guess my only concern is if they break, then I won't have the tool to fix it---then I'm really screwed since its my daily driver.

 

What is the process/tool used for extracting a broken one? Where is the typical point of breakage? Thanks guys

 

Lotsa threads in the V-8 engine forum on that.

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/ItemDi...ookup=LIS65600
http://www.denlorstools.com/autoblog...ds-bad-design/

 

I can only guess that the previous owner did a lot of city driving,I do 50/50

 

i'm 90 percent highway so that must have been the differance. mine came out no problem. cold engine and did'nt follow tsb they all came out dry.