curtk69

i just used gunk carb cleaner but i think the mitigating factor for me was that the plugs were already changed by the previous owner , maybe even recently.
too bad the guy cheaped out with champion maybe i would not have had to change them yet.

Tradesman

Lucky for you someone already replaced the originals. Either way, congratulations on saving yourself a lot of money and hope your truck runs great.

Egroothand

I followed this method almost step by step. I used a 1 second shot of Gumout Carb & Choke Cleaner follwed by a 1 second shot of PB Buster. Let soak about 30 minutes and cracked the 4 on the passenger side first about a 1/4 turn then moved to the other side and repeated the steps on those four. I removed the small bracket that houses some sort of vacuum device for easier access to the back cylinder on the drivers side.
I then moved back to the passenger side and tightened back down and back loose again each time backing it out a little more until it felt free and was coming out. I then took my air hose gun with a small rubber extension at the tip and blew out any remaining carb and PB Blaster out of the spark plug chamber before completely removing from the thread to avoid excess fluid and any debris from falling into the spark plug hole (Wear safety glasses so as not to get the corrosive cleaner in your eyes).
7 out of 8 plugs came out intact and BTW I had 108,000 miles on original plugs. Of course the one that did break was the rear passenger side but the Lisle tool did the job with no problem at all.

Thanks to all who contribute to this or I NEVER would have tried this on my own.
RUNS LIKE NEW.

curtk69

is it any wonder i had a rough idle/misfire? im surprised it wasnt worse.
look at the gaps on those things? how many thousands does it look like?

Chrisminer01

Broke all 8 plugs below the ring. 132K but I do not think they were the original plugs because the had the newer style tip where you cannot adjust the gap. By the time I got to the 4th plug I didn't care if they broke since the lisle tool was so effective and easy to use. Took me about 8 hours total and finally my uphill shudder is gone! Thanks to the OP and everyone else who have added to this. This is not a difficult job as long as you have the lisle tool and some hours to spare.

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

Glad you got them all out, sorry you broke them all though. Post up a pic of your old plugs if you have them still, I would bet they are the original plugs.

Chrisminer01

Here's a pic of the plugs I was able to find most of them...

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

Yeah, just comparing those to my old ones they look the same. The new plugs have a more rounded opening in the plug by the porcelain while the old stock plugs are more square. ( if that made any sense at all)

Chrisminer01

Yea that makes perfect sense, good eye!

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

Yeah I have an unusually high attention to detail, almost on an OCD level. Drives everyone crazy! I wonder how much of it can be blamed on my Army days reciting "ATTENTION TO DETAIL! DISCIPLINE IS THE KEY!!!!" while I watched the ground move closer and than further away from my face over and over and over again. lol