Ok I have never run into this in all my years working on engines!! Went to remove my plugs and I can't get the damn socket on the plug. The Magnum has a metal sleeve that shields the plug. Well down deep I guess it has begun to rust. The metal now protrudes inward in spots towards the plug and on three plugs is preventing me from getting a socket on to the plug. I have tried chipping at it, filing it and forcing it back but there is little to no room and I don't want to snap the plug off. Has anyone come across this before and solved it or does anyone have any ideas??? Thanks

 

You can simply yank the sleeves..... lots of folks run without 'em. They can be a real bear to get out as well.

Have you tried driving the socket onto the plug? Just tap gently on the end of the plug socket, or extension, whichever is easier.

If you have an air compressor handy, and an air gun, you can try blowing whatever crap has accumulated in there, and see if that helps.

 

Ya my next step was going to be the destructive phase!! I'm just a little **** is all I like things to be uniform and the way they should be that's why I was trying to save them. Yup I know I have issues LOL!! But anyway I was thinking about my dremmel getting some kind of small bit down there and grinding the deformity away but I need an extension or a longer type bit or worse case just cutting them off . Air gun idea isn't going to work its solid not like something dropped in there looks like the sleeve dimpled inward. Haha plugs this crap is supposed to be like 15 min WTF LOL!!

 

yank the heat shields and throw them as far away as possible.
it makes it a lot easier to change the plugs, dumps less debris down in the cylinder, less likely to cross thread a plug, etc, etc.

 

funny- i just changed my plugs today- and let me tell you, with those stupid shields, and coupled with the new headers- - - - - !!DAMNATION!!... errrrr....

on an aside, I dumped the NGk iridiums, as I was ll but certain that was causing pinging- after shaking every other tree so to speak... and guess what? the $9 plugs suck.. the $1.50 Champions DON'T PING!!! ( I wanted Autolites, but they only had 5)..

 

Yaya they're probably going LOL!!! So what's the easiest way to pull them and not make me do a lot of swearing LOL???

 

I just grabbed them with my special metric (water pump) pliers and started twisting them around untill they pulled out. Penetrating oil helps.

 

i clamped vise grips on the end and wiggled them out. one or two were stubborn and i tapped them back and forth with a hammer. if its really stubborn, use a punch and dent them in down at the head. don't get carried away and break a plug....

 

Try some Mopar rust penetrant.

I used it for the first time trying to remove the DS wheel bearing on my truck. It was rusted onto the spindle. The MRP basically dissolved the rust on contact and it ran out like red water. Best stuff I've ever seen. Get rid of the heat shields, been running without them for 3 years with no ill effects. Blow out the plug hole with compressed air before removing the plug after use.

 

ya the ngk iridium ix plugs i had were ping like a ****