Can't get spark plug out.

[slow95z]

So some idiot had the o ring pull out of the spark plug socket on this engine and just left it there and shoved the wire down over it. Now I have the tip of the wire out but the rubber down in there from the socket broke down and is in a million pieces. Suggestions?

 

[shocktower]

So some idiot had the o ring pull out of the spark plug socket on this engine and just left it there and shoved the wire down over it. Now I have the tip of the wire out but the rubber down in there from the socket broke down and is in a million pieces. Suggestions?View attachment 2052261

trash it until it's pieces, then shop vac out the parts, make sure you clean it before you remove it and install the new one

 

[slow95z]

I can't get my shop vac in there. Might need to try and tape a piece of hose to it. Stuff like this makes me hate everyone that owned an 80 and isn't in mud

 

[unfast]

.

 

[Red Merle]

I can't get my shop vac in there. Might need to try and tape a piece of hose to it. Stuff like this makes me hate everyone that owned an 80 and isn't in mud

Tape a turkey baster to the shop vac hose with electrical tape.

Then use air to blow it out as you go but also fire up the vac if you find that working. I have done that type of thing a bunch of times and it works as long as you tape the right sized thing on there for what you want to suck out.

 

[BILT4ME]

I spent two hours laying on top of my engine with a set of "dental" picks (from HF) to use like chopsticks to pick out the pieces. I also used them to hook the softer pieces and pull them out.

Remove the heater valve and you can see in there better........

It's #6 right?

 

[graham5david]

Flip the truck over

 

[graham5david]

Lol. It's always the little things that make 1 hour job a 5 hour job

 

[Scrapedknuckles]

Take a paper towel and cut a slit in it to create a cone, tape up the slit and the tape it to the shopvac hose. That should get down there enough to vacuum every bit out.

 

[Kernal]

I ran into this issue a few weeks ago. After dicking aroud with various picks (wasted a couple hours with that I think) I took a long pair of 45' curved
needle nose pliers to grab the broken connector from the spark plug boot/wire and pull that off the spark plug along with some larger pieces of plastic

Then using a Milwaukee ? 7/8" hole saw (can't find it now, but got the idea from someone else on the forum) attached to a cordless drill I put that down the spark plug hole to grind up the stuck piece of plastic and rubber. I first tested the hole saw diameter with a used spark plug; it fit over the insulator but bottomed out on the Hex of the plug, so no danger of drilling a hole into the head.

Then using my Shop Vac exhaust (don't have compressed air) I just held
the fill end of a narrow funnel on the end of the shop vac hose and directed the air into the spark plug tube. That blew out a cloud of debris from my two hours of trying to pick the $%^**@ out.

 

[slow95z]

It's #3 or 4 so not that bad. Got some things to try tonight. Thanks so much for the ideas everyone

 

[voodu3]

Get one of these for your shop vac. I use it for all kinds of stuff like that Shop Vac Micro-cleaning 80189 (1-1/4" / 3,2 cm) Amazon product ASIN B00002ND4G

 

[slow95z]

I got that little bastard finally.
I used a pick to rip it up and then took a piece of hose and used tape to connect it to my hand held vacuum. Took about 20 minutes but it's done.

 

[slow95z]

I forgot to post this picture of my fancy little vacuum. This for those of you that don't have access to all the cool tools.

 

[Red Merle]

I forgot to post this picture of my fancy little vacuum. This for those of you that don't have access to all the cool tools.View attachment 2056274

Needs more tape

Looks like a quality bit of engineering. Half the tools I use are not used in a way they were intended. The way they pop out of the box is just a starting point.

 

[flintknapper]

Kicked it's ass!

Now you have time to clean that shop up.

 

[Red Merle]

Kicked it's ass!

Now you have time to clean that shop up.

With that vacuum with the old PCV hose or whatever that is still attached, of course.

 

[slow95z]

Kicked it's ass!

Now you have time to clean that shop up.

It's only gotten worse. Had a mud member needing a 3fe short block bad so I rolled in another rig Friday and pulled the drivetrain. I stay so busy parting them out I don't know what to do.

 

[flintknapper]

It's only gotten worse. Had a mud member needing a 3fe short block bad so I rolled in another rig Friday and pulled the drivetrain. I stay so busy parting them out I don't know what to do.

Legitimate 'pass' then, keep up the good work Sir.

 

[slow95z]

Legitimate 'pass' then, keep up the good work Sir.

This is how I spent Sunday morning.