I'm curious if this has happened to anyone else. My contact at ford says this is the 4th one he has heard of. My 2000 Lightning is bone stock with 53, 500 miles. Any advise would be great. Thanks

 

Congratulations. $1000-2000 membership dues required to be admitted to the blown sparkplug club. Unless you are still covered under warranty. :santa:

 

I've heard of this happeningonc or twice...
This may be of use to you:

http://www.nloc.net/forum/showthread...threadid=59586

http://www.nloc.net/forum/showthread...highlight=plug

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...ght=spark+plug

Ford is quite aware of this problem.
to remedy it, the '03 and newer Lightning have 8 thread spark plug holes instead of the 4 that 99-03 have.

 

Welcome to the club.

 

Is the truck out of warranty? Being stock, you have more of a chance of getting it covered... (if you have a warranty) Most dealerships are pretty good about replacing the head after a launched plug... Mines a 2000 also, but I have the extended warranty. Good luck getten it fixed.
Shane

 

Is this the 3rd time you blew a plug, or the number 3 spark plug? Just a little confused.