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Old 12-16-2011, 12:14 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by schardbody View Post
if you do the 3v plugs per the TBS they dont break, atleast none of the hundreds i've done have.

i do have 2 different brands of the broken plug removal tools though as i was prepared for them to flood the shop, thankfully the TSB came out before i seen any.
I have had pretty good luck getting plugs out in one piece if they are 60K miles or less. The ones with 80K miles or more seem to be the problematic ones. I have even tried Ford's TSB without any noticeable increase in luck. Most of my old buddies at Jones say they haven't had much luck with the TSB, either.

Most of my better success has come from getting them out with a warmed up engine. Replace two, then crank up to keep engine hot, get two more out, etc.
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