Name That Tool

el_chupo_ said:
Not just you. I have had 3 F150s with the 5.4, but on my second I had one of the OE 2 piece plugs break while driving out of state to buy a motorcycle. Ended up at a road side show and shelling out about $1k on a plug change, as 3 of the 8 broke. off. Luckly they had the Lisle tool for extraction, and things worked out - just took about 6 hours.

Around me the dealers all start at $3-400 on plug changes, but a mechanic buddy found the secret sauce (thus far - he did a change on one with ~120k miles with no breaks) of getting the engine warm (not hot) and using a smaller 12v impact driver to get them out.

FWIW, my dad has one of my old F150s, and does 30k intervals on plugs with one piece plugs now. Cheap insurance.



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Amen on the warm with an impact. That is how I changed the other 7 without problems. Funny thing was the one I broke was different that the rest. Guess I inherited someone else's problem. I have the lisle tool also, needed it to get the last bit of old plug out.

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