Mark another one on the wall for a sparkplug broke off in a head
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Mark another one on the wall for a sparkplug broke off in a head
Putting in my autolite HT0's getting ready for my dyno tune tomorrow. They all creaked, popped, and groaned untill I got the the last/easist one to get to(driver side front). No creaking, no groaning... broke off in the head
I'll post pictures tomorrow.
I'll post pictures tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by KSpencer
Sorry about your bad luck (or the bad design). Did the others look scored? Did you use a little penetrating oil? I heard that Ford is working on a "tool" to remove the rest of the plug without pulling the head. Are you pulling the head or Ford?
I'm going to pull the heads myself. Im going to call http://jmschip.com/ and see if they can do the conversion on my heads. I hope I can round up enough money so at the same time I can go ahead and do a built shortblock.
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Someone told me that a lot of penetrating oil and an easy-out can get the insert out. Shouldn't be too hard to finagle out since it's up front.
ETA - I've also been told that if you can get the insert to loosen up a bit, you might be able to make it blow out by cranking the engine.
ETA - I've also been told that if you can get the insert to loosen up a bit, you might be able to make it blow out by cranking the engine.
Last edited by Quintin; 02-11-2006 at 08:17 AM.
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Originally Posted by nvrenuff
Thats it. Unless something drastic happens that a plug is dead, I think I'll leave em in there for as long as I own this truck. It'll be gone at 120000km which should be about a year from now.
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Originally Posted by kd4crs
If you don't pull 'em you sure won't break 'em. But good luck to the poor slob who does try to get them out of your truck after you turn loose of it.
Just imagine, your some poor schmuck who buys a fairly low mileage F150 and decided to perform a routine tune up on the thing like a typical do it yourselfer. Now lets for a second forget about the new generation of pansies who believe that routine maintenance should only be performed at 100k miles or over. Anyway, so this schmuck pulls the plugs and gets himself into a helluva lot more than he bargained for. Oh well, guess the days of good ole reliable pickups gone?? I miss the simplicity of my 93 F150.
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Now lets for a second forget about the new generation of pansies who believe that routine maintenance should only be performed at 100k miles or over