Plugs and Wire change gone bad, 10 min. job turns into a 2 day plus job |
Plugs and Wire change gone bad, 10 min. job turns into a 2 day plus job |
Nov 11, 2009 - 4:47 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '09 From pa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I was trying to change my spark plugs and wires and ran into a bit of a problem. Usually this job should only take 10-15 mins. The first 2 plugs and wires changed out perfect, no problem at all. On the last 2 plugs, when i pulled out the wires, the little rubber boot stayed in the motor on the plug. I called everywhere to find out what i was suppost to do to get this bottom rubber piece of the wire out of my motor. Everywhere i called told me to go get a pair of long needle nose pliers, stick them down the hole where the plug goes and pull out the rubber peice and continue on with the job. Sounds easy enough so i went ahead and attempted to do what i was advised. All the pliers was doing was taking little chunks of the rubber apart at first, but not pulling it all the way out. Then the pliers got stuck in the hole with the plug and the little rubber piece. I tried to wiggle the pliers back and forth, yanking and pulling on them to get them out, and the handles broke off. So not only do i have a bad spark plug, a little rubber peice(bottom of sparkplug wire) stuck in the plug hole, but now there is also a half of a pair of brand new gearwrench needle noose pliers wedged in there. If you stick your finger in the hole you can feel the needle nose pliers, they are only about a finger nail length down. You can wiggle the pliers back and forth with you finger. So i got a pair of needle nose vise grips and tried to latch on to the broken pliers wedge in my motor. All the needle nose visegrips are doing is slipping off the broken pair. I can not get enough of a grip on them to pull them out.
So my questions are: Does anybody have any idea on how to get the broken pair of pliers out of my motor? What do i use to get the rubber (bottom of spark plug wire) out of my motor? If anybody has any suggestions please let me know. Any and all ideas are welcome. Thank you in advance for any feedback. -------------------- BABI BOI
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Nov 12, 2009 - 1:16 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '05 From Richmond, B.C. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Or maybe just remove the tube. Pull the valve cover, then break the spark plug tube loose from the cylinder head. Easiest way to do this is to thread two of the nuts from the valve cover onto the top of the tube to the nuts lock each other in place. Apply either a deep socket or a large wrench and remove the tube. You'll have to reseal the tube when you put it back, but that simply requires some high-temp threadlock.
With the tube out I suspect removing the pliers might be much easier. For future reference, next time the tip of a wire gets stuck all you need is a thin flathead screwdriver and a coat hanger. Use the flathead screwdriver against the side of the tube to get in between the tube and the rubber tip. This opens a space to slip in a wire, bent at the end. The bent section should only be a centimetre long. This allows you to lift the tip off the spark plug from below rather than tearing chunk of rubber from the edge. |
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