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Welcome to the forum, Gale, and I wish it were under better circumstances.
If you read the engine forum, you'll see a long litany of broken plugs during extraction in our trucks. I kind of wish I had known about this too, before buying my 2005 last year (used).
In reading all the posts in that forum, I thought they had finally worked out the technique of getting them out without breaking them. Seems they haven't.
I can't even tell from the posts if the new replacement plugs have been redesigned to prevent breakage. Guess I'll go over there and just "ask" about it.
And I just remembered: I read about a special tool (costs a few hundred dollars) that lets them pull broken plugs without removing the head. I asked about it over on the engine forum too. Seems to me your dealer should have that. If it is possible to get the plugs out without removing the head, I'd sure be complaining to Ford's customer relations.
- Jack
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Last edited by JackandJanet; 06-06-2008 at 07:46 PM.
Reason: added information on special tool
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