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Aug 23, 2005

#26

67cobain94

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From: Vero Beach, Florida

You can pull the head on these in a couple hours with a good set of metric sockets. The hardest part is the exhaust manifold usually.

Aug 23, 2005

#27

FireRanger

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From: CT

Actually, just by looking at it, the hardest part is probably getting all the other crap under the hood out of the way to get to the head! :)

Aug 30, 2005

#28

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zabeard

forget that, you know what a shop does if they get stuff down there? the turn the eninge over to blow it out. im not gonna waste my time and money to have the head pulled. turn it over a couple times and it works for me. if the engine goes because of it so be it.

134k on an engine do you really think its worth the time to pull the head just to get that stuff out? i dont...

now if you had a engine with only 40k and this happened then ya it would be worth the extra hassle to pull the head and make sure all that gets out.

Its really not that hard.

Oct 19, 2005

#29

AeroDoc

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Drilling the plug sounds bad. The center of a sparkplug is ceramic, and it'll just break all the way to the plug tip.

Is "PB" like penetrating oil?

You can also try freezing the plug with Dry Ice. It might make the hole expand while the plug shrinks. (Safety equipt like tongs, gloves, googles, etc. is mandatory, or you can get bad burns).

Anyways, on a 93, you can improve access to the plug by removing the exhaust manifold.

You could try cross-drilling the plug.

Last edited by AeroDoc; Oct 19, 2005 at 08:19 PM.

Oct 19, 2005

#30

n3elz

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I wouldn't try any vice grips.

Go get the extractor socket from Sears for SnapOn or whatever, that was recommended earlier. They're not cheap but they have spirally wound teeth inside that bite in tighter as you turn. With all the soaking and time that has passed, you should be able to get it out with one. We use them at work sometimes on old equipment and they are pretty amazing.

Oct 19, 2005

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KARPE

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hmm two months, I'd hope he figured it out by now

Oct 19, 2005

#32

optikal illushun

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From: Coal Region, MTC to be exact...heart of the coal region.

next time ya change plugs, use a little anti-sieze on the treads to elimiate this problem...

Oct 20, 2005

#33

n3elz

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Originally Posted by KARPE

hmm two months, I'd hope he figured it out by now

Ha ha! Andy, this is not the first time I've been "suckered" into an old post I hadn't read previously. I seldom check the original date on the thread -- got fooled again!