Nice trick! I've been in a similar jam and I melted a few drops of Babbitt into the socket. It's soft enough to allow you to conform to the spark plug but hard enough that it will twist it out without stripping
It was a craftsman, I have tons of them from auctions and such, cheaper sockets would work to but iv had them split sometimes doing this, the craftsman’s never do. Never a proponent of tool abuse but it works when you really need to get a plug out
Hi my name is Burt, and my predicament is a little different. I was in the process of changing my sparkplug and I encountered a situation where one of them reached a point where it just kept going around but I can't unscrew it out of the head. Help!
Just had this exact situation happen on my Mercedes. Shop tightened the spark plug so hard the hex nut was almost as round as a ring. Took a smaller socket, heated it, and tapped it on with a hammer, let it cool and now it’s out! You are a legend for this video and saved me so much money.
Just did one of these that was a flat gasket type plug with a lot of torque against the head but not jammed on the threads. I was lucky in that the porcelain all came out. I used a part of a cigarette filter to plug the hole so chips would stay out of the cylinder and drilled the head part off so that it released the tightness and used easy-out to get the threaded part.
Just wondering where you are located? 05 ford f150 5.4, exact same plug hole. The only part of spark plug remaining in hole is the very bottom. The lisle extractor is not grabbing the electrode. Suggestions please!!!
Oh man. I have a socket tip end that stuck in the hole. I’m trying glue over night. I grabbed the wrong socket. Tips on removing the stuck socket. I think it’s wedged. I don’t have an impact wrench. I’ll try hammer and glue in the morning. Thanks.
Yes. I used a socket too big. I was afraid to keep going lefty. I finally got it. The correct sized smaller socket worked easy. It was just too big and it was lodged. I hammered and kept going left and it finally came out. That was fear. Thanks.
Just wanted to thank you for this trick. Had a plug that rounded off, could not get it off with the Irwin bolt bite set. Burned thru 6-14 mm sockets 12 pt with exentions using map gas torch to heat sockets till glowing red. Got 1 use out of each socket teeth rounded out. GOT A HUSKY BRAND DEEP KNURL SOCKET FROM HOME D. Finally got that bitch off no breaking of plug. Thanks again
This would have been my last choice but I got a deep well bolt extractor kit but only needed the one in 5/8 and it worked ridiculously well. I seriously popped the plug loose so easily that I wasn’t quite sure at first if it was even loose. I ordered a set of “Irwin” brand ones from Amazon but they were delayed so I went to the local auto parts shop and got a “Die Hard” brand kit
I changed 3 of my spark plugs no problem until I got too the fourth one and after messing with it for a week I have stripped it I am using a 9/16th mm 2012 Nissan Altima . I will try this
I would find a way to remove the oil first like like shoving absorbent paper towels down there first and Mayby follow up with some cleaner after a majority of the oil is out. You want to remove as much flammable liquid as possible before trying this technique
I've been at this for days with my truck. Same engine. Our issue is its the 3rd back on the passenger side so we can't get enough room or the right angle to really get a good whack at it. Already removed everything we can That's in the way. Any tips?
some of my plugs came out with 5/8 socket, but then I got to the ones that looked older. I broke off the tip with needle nose pliers. I think ill try the 9/16 to see if it works.
Did you just say SPARK PLUG and IMPACT WRENCH in the same sentence?!! I have torture devices in my backyard just for idiots who use impacts on spark plugs. Whoever is practicing this technique needs to be drawn in quartered. Cannot tell you how many engines have been nearly ruined because someone needed to take a impact to a spark plug. I have been servicing cars for over 20 years and have never seen a spark plug come shooting out of the cylinder, so no idea why folks use impacts on plugs.
