boozie

If you buy the isle tool it comes with instructions and it really is easy to do

j2dabizo

i did mine last week. Didnt break any, and now have the tool that i bought for $121 from napa that i cant return.

I had the motor running for 10 mins, turned it off, cracked each plug 1/8 turn...sprayed carb cleaner AND pb blaster in each plug (2 quick quirts each). Waited 15 mins and the plugs came out all intact.

Mind you...there was a ton of squeaking and cracking sounds...and i did them by hand, no power tools.

anyone want to buy an extractor tool set?

Jarhead mech

I wish I had come across this earlier like 2 weeks ago, I went in blind not knowing the history of these damn things. My neighbor (who claims he was engine rebuild at a ford dealer) said he would help me do this but he never gave me a heads up on what all's involved in this job. Having been a diesel mech in the Marines I thought after a while how hard can it be? I've taken mushroomed glow plugs out of HMMWV engines, can't be that hard!???
So I start I get lucky the entire right side comes off and goes back in no problem, "mr engine rebuild" finally comes out and does the 1st plug on left side way in the back, after that he takes off. I start wrenching on #3 and yup you guessed it the thing breaks, I change the last two no problem but have been going at this for over a week now.
I think I might have F'd the head up but screw it I ordered the kit to push the broken porcelain down and then pull out the broken piece. Had I known all the steps involved in doing this I would have gone and gotten everything and not be dealing with possibly having to replace the head. Waiting for the tool to show up and finish the job, not having a truck is killing me since wife and son both have broken legs and have appointments they need to get too.

Jarhead mech

see about selling it on Amazon, that's where I just bought my kit from

Praetorian27

Best writeup I have seen on this site so far! You're the man!!!!!

kozal01

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Thank you sir, glad its helping some folks.



Also, since it wont let me edit my first post for whatever reason, the torque number I said is a typo, it should be 25 FOOT pound not inch pounds.

JustDennis

Thanks for the write-up. This will save me a lot of trouble.

PapaTrk

Thanks for the excellent set of instructions and PICs ... I plan to do this very soon and being a devout "Scotchman" and very tight.... This might save me a bunch of $$... Thanks again.

skydiveelis

I changed mine today ! did not brake a single one !!! I did exactly what was in the original post, except for adding some mouse milk, something we use on aircraft, it did wonders !!! thanks again for the advice !!!

Tradesman

Just order my plugs and the Lisle spark plug tool. I'm going to tackle this thing. I got a can of PB Blaster too. Hopefully next weekend it'll be all good. Yeah, wish me luck!