Alright, I’m sure you’ve had to extract a broken plug (or 8) at some point. I’m aware of the Lisle tool and I think I follow directions pretty well. However, the videos demonstrating how to extract the broken plugs all have plugs with ceramic inside the metal sleeve. For my situation, when I pulled the plug, the ceramic was still intact, but the metal sleeve was wedged down in the head.

im assuming the Lisle extraction tool uses the ceramic material to thread into, which offers a good grip when extracting the broke plug. Since all there is in my situation is the metal sleeve I’m not sure how I’ll catch on when trying to extract the plug.

I literally don’t know any other options to remove this **** thing, other than pulling the heads. So please, experts tap in!! Thank you

 

Welcome!

Perhaps This Thread Will Help!

https://themustangsource.com/forums/...ite-up-522706/

KC

 

Good thread, but it doesn’t relate specifically to my situation.

 

There is one other spark plug removal tool which is similar to the Lisle tool... It's called the OTC 6918 Ford 3v spark plug remover kit... Perhaps the OTC tool has a part included which is able to thread into the metal sleeve portion of the spark plug that is wedged down inside the head... If not? then you may have no other option, but to pull the head... Attachment link is provided below.

https://www.otctools.com/products/fo...-kit-triton-3v

 

When my plugs broke the metal was in the head, and the ceramic came out intact. The Lisle tool worked just fine to get the metal out. Do your plug(s) look like these?

The tool I used:

 

No mine looked different. Only the tip of the electrode was showing. Was there any ceramic at all inside the meta sleeve?

 

Oh, then yours broke differently than mine did. IIRC there wasn't any ceramic left inside, just the metal piece that you see to the left in the pictures. That is what the tool pulled out. Ouch.

 

this is what my plug looks like whenI pulled it. the metal sleeve is stuck in the head.

 

@chadztaylor

I am Looking At the Ford TSB Mode 1 Instructions Using The Ford Tool and it Seems to Me That is Exactly The Situation You Have??? I Crossed Out Any Mode 2 or Mode 3 Instructions.

That's My Two Cents Worth a Look!

KC

 

The Lisle broken spark plug tool should still be able to tap into the metal sleeve portion and extract it...

 

UPDATE: it’s been 6 weeks and a newborn baby boy later but I finally removed the metal sleeve from the head!! I referred to the TSB you referenced and it worked like a charm. I used the OEMTOOLS Spark plug removal kit + electric shield removal kit (part number 57273 and 27274 respectively from AutoZone). The kit comes with a tap, which is needed to create threads in the metal sleeve, without it the extractor won’t have anything to bite into. For this reason the Lisle tool won’t work. There’s a video on AutoZone website on how to use the OEMTOOLS. Thank you for saving me so much time and money that I didn’t have!

 

Congratulations on your newborn baby boy and also on removing the broken spark plugs with the OEMTOOLS spark plug removal kit from Auto Zone... In the meantime, thank you for providing us with the removal kit from Auto Zone, as it will indeed become very valuable as another option for removing broken spark plugs in addition to the Lisle broken spark and OTC broken spark plug removal kits...

There was also no doubt about the success you experienced by following the Ford TSB spark plug extraction procedure, as it does indeed work like a charm..

 

Congratulations On The Newborn & Also The Successful Spark Plug Extraction! So Glad To Help!

Be Well!

KC