Question: Removing Spark Plugs

there is always the other harder way , pull the head with plugs still in;)gap and reinstall the head, if the plugs are that hard to remove.
Just for some of the shade tree people:eek:
 
I was always told (and I've found it to be true) that if you're putting cold plugs in a warm engine, DON"T do them up any more than snug. Once he temperatures equalise, they will be tight.
Back in the early 70's, I bought a second hand car and decided to go through it. Man, were those plugs tight! I had a ring spanner (I think you Americans call them a box wrench) on one of them with a rope tied through the other end. I passed the rope out the front of the car near the radiator and tied to a post. I started the engine, selected reverse and backed away. When it came loose, it sounded like a rifle shot. The neighbour's cat was never the same.:D
 
J Franklin said:
Never-Seize = release compound get it at the auto parts counter.
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I use this a lot. Has graphite in it use latex gloves when you get the stuff on your hands or fingers it isn't easy to get off right away! Good stuff plumbers use it a lot. A small jar will last a long time only takes a dab.
 
P.B. Blaster saves the day! Or, as the old time auto mechanic yokels here in rural Pennsylvania term this marvelous rust bustin product . . . "Maiden Piss".
 
Synchro909 said:
I was always told (and I've found it to be true) that if you're putting cold plugs in a warm engine, DON"T do them up any more than snug. Once he temperatures equalise, they will be tight.
Back in the early 70's, I bought a second hand car and decided to go through it. Man, were those plugs tight! I had a ring spanner (I think you Americans call them a box wrench) on one of them with a rope tied through the other end. I passed the rope out the front of the car near the radiator and tied to a post. I started the engine, selected reverse and backed away. When it came loose, it sounded like a rifle shot. The neighbour's cat was never the same.:D
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Pretty ingenious. Never heard that scenario before. Wayne
 
Jeff/Illinois said:
I use this a lot. Has graphite in it use latex gloves when you get the stuff on your hands or fingers it isn't easy to get off right away! Good stuff plumbers use it a lot. A small jar will last a long time only takes a dab.
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i always find some on the back of my arm or elbow... how I dont know... I swear it migrates...
 
Wouldn't using an anti seize compound on the plug threads reduce the ability of the plug to transfer excess heat from the plug to the block?
 
well copper based or nickel based anti seize stuff has small micro metal particles of metal so if anything I would think they would conduct better. Modern cars you better use it or the aluminum head threads are gonna come out with the plug haha.

Stuff works like adding ball bearings in between the threads.
 
I was looking through photos of my Bichon, Murph, who passed away after years of being my riding buddy and Boingo! It gave me an idea as to an easy method to remove stubborn spark plugs on a Model A Ford. We used this process when he had his neutering done, so why not in spark plug removal? Just be careful as to how many sticks of TNT you use or you'll end up like the box car did in the movie Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.

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Let us know how it works out for you................. :-)
 

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I never used anti seize on a spark plug... Many modern car type plugs have a special coating on the threads for this reason. Anti seize will throw off your plug torque by as much as 40 %. It's one of those subjective topics for sure.. If you do use it put very little on so it does not get on the electrode or migrate down
 
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