You have a 5.4 2V. Mine like yours has problems keeping the plugs in. They will come out fine. Do a search, all the information you will need to replace them can be found here. Good Luck.

 

You have the older style plugs. I change them in my 1998 3-4 times. Trust me there MUCH eaiser to change in the 2003 and eailer year trucks.

 

so the 2000 5.4L don’t have this problem? I am not sure if it is a v2 where would i looks to find his out it did not have to book in it most of the stickers on it are gone.. please try to remember I am a newbie to all this..

Thanks
Morris

 

97-03 were 2v

04-09 are 3v

 

Thank you that is GREAT NEWS

Morris

 

Yeah it's good you don't have to worry about getting the plugs out, it's keeping them in you have to worry about. You have the "POPCORN 5.4". Ford went from one extreme to another.

 

Keeping them in ???... I have a misfire on "G" plug I am about to change them all the plugs I am going to use is the Motorcraft Platinum plugs and I got a new set of Motorcraft Coils off ebay on the way... is there something I need to know when I put them in to keep them in ???..

Thanks
Morris

 

If you have a 97-02 5.4 engine, the sparkplugs are standard plugs, however Ford used only a few threads in the head and many(and many is being nice) folks are having problems with the plugs blowing out of the head spontaneously. Do a search on it and you'll find unlimited info on it. Ford fixed it in 03 by putting more threads for the plugs only to change the design again in 04 to my plug sticking problem. Seems Ford fixed it for 08 but will probably make another dumb change soon. If I were you I would be very careful with the threads during the plug removal and torque to specs. Many of the problems with your engine might be due to over and under tightened.

 

any idea what the torque is on the plugs?.. I going to go buy to repair book later tonight...

Thanks again
Morris

 

I don't know right of the top of my head. If your Ford manual doesn't have the torque specs and you plan to do it yourself, I'd just call a dealership you trust(if there are any you know of), ask to speak to a tech and see what he recommends. The parts guy there who can give you the sparkplug number will probably have that info in his computer as well. The big things I would be concerned to know is of course the torque specs for replacing, whether to use an antisieze compound to put on the plug threads prior to replacing(with this situation, I don't know if it's a good idea really), and I would use a penetrant to assist with getting the old plugs out(less stress on the threads). One thing for sure, I would rather have to deal with changing your plugs compared with having to change mine in the 3v 5.4.