southwest wind

god dang it....just went and checked .......black friggin boots...42,000 08 SOB

KingRanch4Life

iTrader: (2)

With 42K yours should come right out... I have 75K... I want to save money so I'm going to do it soon... They want $450 to do it

Tradesman

Congratulations on saving yourself a lot of money. Like Kozal01 and I said before, it is very possible to complete this on your own with the right tools and the this thread. No need to send your truck off to get this done.

Texas_Tactical

I'm at 88k so hopefully it goes good. I will do this project in next few weeks. However I'm reading up and buying all the tune up parts now. Looking for a broken spark plug removal tool(lisle, etc) without spending 60 bucks.

Q: do you guys think it would be ok to let the pb blaster and carb cleaner sit for like 3-4hours? More time = easier job right?

4x4Fun

I just changed the plugs on my 110,000 mile 05 F150 Lariat. Time - 6 hours, taking my time.

I had purchased the Lisle 65600 on E-Bay for $60 bucks (received it on Thursday), OEM plugs at $13 each at Advance Auto Parts and started the task. I did the passenger side first. I Followed the directions that was beautifully documented by Kozal01 in getting the objects out of the way. I had 5 and 6 soaking (I put a rag over each plug hole as I went to the next so that the debris that I was blowing out would not go into the hole I just cleaned) but thought I would give the impact gun only a try like I have read here and seen via a youtube video. That failed and broke I off plug 7. I used the Lisle tool. Worked great!

I read another forum where a guy used a tube duct taped (another great use) to his shop vac. I used my shop vac with hose and my air gun to remove any ceramic before I pushed the ceramic into the plug end and before I used the extractor.

Started 8 soaking and I started on plug 5 and it broke. Lisle tool to the rescue! After pulling it out, I found that the ground electrode had broken off and was in my cylinder. Heart sank... Wallet was feeling WAY lighter...Ears started ringing from the future yelling from the wife... . I decided to use the vacuum and put a hose on it that would fit into the cylinder and try that. Then i stuck my magnet into the cylinder and pushed air into the hole. I got the piece out! Put the plug in there and moved to plug 6. Finally! The plug came out whole. Man, they really needed replacing! No wonder why it was starting to miss.

Moved to plug 8 after 6 was done. Started the wrenching. My impact gun is WAY to big to get back there and after plug 7, I did not think it mattered. It started the squeaking, taking it slow... No big hurry, and it started to get easy and the squeaking stopped. Cool! Took the wrench off and the plug stayed in the cylinder. Tried moving it with my finger tip. Still solid. Okay, put the socket back in there and started turning it more. Spun WAY to easy. Plug was still solid. Stuck my magnet next to the plug and the metal nut came out. I took one of the plugs that I had already pulled and found that a 3/8 deep 1/4 socket that I have would grip the top. Put that in there and turned. Snapped off. Did the cleaning and Lisle and I was back in business. Finished the passenger side, put it all together and moved to the driver's side.

The drivers side was easy. Soaked 1 and 2, decided to pull 3 and it came out easy, no soaking. Soaked 4. Spark plug 1 broke and when I was extracting it, a chunk of ceramic broke off in the cylinder. I tried vacuuming it out, but it was not until I put air into the cylinder (pushed a hose connected to my air gun that about filled the plug hole) and the ceramic shard came flying out!

Finished it all and started the truck. What a difference! I am very happy that I did this on my own instead of paying the $700 that my dealer would have charged. Thank you Kozal01 for a fantastic write-up and excellent documentation! It made the process so much easier as there were no surprises. Great job!!!

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

Great post 4x4fun, glad everything worked out.

VTX1800N1

I impacted out #1 and #2 so far with just a warm engine- no cracking plugs and no solvent used. 73K miles on what appears to be original plugs on a 05 (bought the truck used with 69K on the odo). 1 and 2 came right out, no fuss no muss. I'm waiting on 6 more SP 515s to arrive before I do the rest, and I'll get the Lisle tool here too. I don't have it yet, and so took a chance with these two plugs, but the truck is not my daily driver so if they had broken it could have sat in my driveway until the tool gets here. I did run a can of B12 Chemtool in 3/4 tank and burned a 1/2 tank of that before the removal. Both plugs looked the same:

Tradesman

Good stuff brother. It's great to see brothers helping each other out. Gotta save money these days. Fuel costs too much. Insurance costs too much. Child support costs too much. Thankfully them kids ain't mine so I ain't gonna pay for them little bastards...

VTX1800N1

Finished up all 8, none broke. Never even ordered the Lisle tool. Impacted the rest out on a hot engine. Lots of nickel anti seize and dielectric grease applied. Happy to have it done.

M8214m

I just started my spark plug adventure and the first plug out I noticed a small piece of porcelain missing by the electrode. I tried compressed air to blow it out, any suggestions