Ok I think I might have a problem just got to the second to last one which all have broke except the two on both sides closest to the radiator i think that would be #1 and #5 any ways back to the problem. I came really close bottoming out the pusher and I think a piece of porcline went down in the cyl. any thoughts??? I got a piece of real small tubing and taped it to vac and got all the way down in there but not sure if I got it or not.. please if you got any thoughts

 

please any one!!!

 

vacuum cleaner that has a hose then use duct tape and tape a smaller hose that will fit through the plug hole

 

Rachet =/= impact. See eighty-eight's post(s). Yer confusing air rachet with an air impact. Now - I just came back from a tool store - and they are different tools...

MGD

 

that should pick it up right. i put a piece of screen in between the hoses to see it i got any bigger chunks but didn't get any big stuff just a little dust like particles. will you know if you screwed you motor up right when you start it? i will try again..

 

well i hope i got that piece. will be nervous when i start it up got them all in now just put all back together.. by the way i was 3 for 8 kinda lame but oh well..

 

Glad it's over? Good job.

So - where's the pics?


MGD

 

just a sec MG im still mickey mouse'n with S.O.B holy moly what a project

 

Well I'm glad you got it done....sux when they break

Dont forget to change yer oil also.....

 

Jakester,
Sorry to hear about the broken plugs. I had the same thing happen to me (crush sleeve on the plug broke and chipped the porcelain, right?)

You did the right thing with the shop vac and mini hose. Scares the hell out of you when you notice that the whole plug isn't in tact. I actually bought a borescope (not a bad investment) and took a look down there. Couldn't see much after fishing around with the shop vac for a half hour or so. Just to make sure, I unplugged the injectors and cranked the engine over a couple times with the plug hole open (not sure if you're supposed to do this?) in hopes that any remaining debris would shoot out.

Really have to work those plugs back in forth; I was sweating bullets! I'm sure your truck will be alright.. be sure to get an oil change though!

 

Not sure what your point is, but I know perfectly well the difference in an air "rachet" and a regular impact. I have two of each. Well, I will put it this way, we diffrentiate the difference here in the South, just assumed everyone did. I also have a another one that is a "butterfly" impact.

Some of your efforts to point out my mistakes and to prove me wrong on a subject go just a bit overboard and get a bit tiring.

 

Woah - hang on there - it was not my intent... yer waaaay off the reservation... and just how often has this happened? Not nearly as often as it's happened to me ...

So - we are not allowed to express our views when an item appears, in our view, to be in error, nor correct 'certain' folks? Had no idea - Good to know ...

I thought you had bigger shoulders than that....

Won't happen again - no further interaction (with you) will be occurring.... just explain what you mean to eighty-eight at some point, 'cause they look different to me.

Wow - a thin-skinned Mod ... who woulda thunk ?

MGD

 

My shoulders are aging and just handle less these days.

 

Well everything turned out good runs like a champ! 5 plugs broke and 3 came out whole,the lisle tool is awesome wish i invented that thing.. thanks for all the help and advice, you guys are awesome. feels like somebody took a sledge hammer to my chest for 8hrs. laying on the front of these trucks is brutal, and my hands look like i tried to grab a badger out it's hole. Im trying to upload some pics, but its being fussy with me, dont know why its gotta be so hard to do it. I will keep trying bare with me.

 

I know that it was a relief plus a lot of satisfaction to have done it yourself. Congrats!