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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 04:11 PM
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Nice! Glad to hear it went well.
How carbon'd up were the plugs when you pulled them out? You got any pics of them?
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 04:16 PM
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I did not take any pictures, but I believe they looked to be in about the same shape as the ones Kozal01 showed in his write-up.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by txspikes
Thanks to Kozal01's writeup, I was able to successfully change my plugs without breaking any. I really think if I'd tried to wrench 'em out by hand, I would have broken some. The air impact method worked great! I was able to do it with a small pancake compressor and inexpensive air gun. I turned the output on the compressor to 60 psi and went to work following Kozal01's write-up as best I could.

Some of the plugs took an extra shot of penetrating oil... and I had to let the compressor catch up... but I was eventually able to get them all out.

My truck is a '06 F150 KR with 77,530 miles on it. The truck had started bucking on light acceleration between 40 and 50 mph. Changing the spark plugs cleared that right up.

Oh yeah... I also ran a heavy concentration of Seafoam a day or two before I tackled the job. I added a can to a little over a 1/4 tank.
Awesome man, so glad it went well for you.
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