The extractor I'm thinking of will just barely fit over the broken plug remains and twist it out of the spark plug hole in the head. You will likely need to tap/hammer the proper sized extractor onto the broken plug remains and twist it out, after letting PB Blaster work to help loosen it. Listed below is an example of the socket style extractor kit I'm thinking will work for your broken plug issue:


http://www.sears.com/craftsman-10-pc...&blockType=G15


Also, be sure to remove the spark plug heat shield/tube before trying to remove the broken plug. Were you able to remove the other 7 plugs OK? Lastly, what part of the country are you in? Please update your profile when you have a moment..

 

Don't think there is anything left for that style to get ahold of.... going to have to be something like an easy out. I wouldn't drive it in too hard though, as that will expand the threads, and make them grip all the harder. You do NOT want to break an easy out off in the plug threads...... then it becomes a major pain.

 

From what I saw of the broken plug, I'm thinking that he still has a 1/4" portion of the broken plug left just above the plug threads. That should be just enough for the socket style extractor to grab onto.


Perhaps we can get a photo of the head showing the broken plug in it?

 

You are correct, it broke off right above the seat, so, if there is enough room, the socket style extractor should be able to get a grip on it.

 

Well, I went into town and picked up some easy-outs from Autozone and a couple cans of PB Blaster. When I got back home I sprayed those plugs down and they have been soaking for about 7 hours. I went out about two hours ago to see what I could do. Reattached the plug wires and started it up. I let it run for 5 minutes to warm things up a little. I decided to not worry about the snapped plug for now so I wanted to see how hard it would be to remove the heat shields. I ended up working with the other side of the engine, since it has more room. For ****s and giggles I tried to get my plug socket down on the first plug, no go... tried the second plug, no go. I thought it was debree that was blocking me from getting the socket down and around the plug. So I ended up working my way to getting the heat shield off. I got one off but it was a battle, came out in three pieces. First piece was the biggest, basically the whole piece that's above the the head. Low and behold the heat shield was not allowing me to get the socket down and around the plug. You could see where the socket was hitting. The second piece of the heat shield was small but it gave me room to the the rest of it out. So now I have one heat shield out completely! Anyways I am trying to get the plug out but its not coming out without a fight. I'm done for the night but tomorrow looks like it will be a good day for the fight.

BTW: I live in Michigan, Cadillac area

 

I understand what you are going through. My truck was originally a snow plow truck. After I purchased it from the original owner, I decided to fix a leaky exhaust gasket and change the spark plugs. This ended up being the repair from hell, as I had 2 broken spark plugs that would not come out due to major rust issues and rounded fasteners. I ended up swapping out the 5.9 motor with a good used engine I found on craigslist, freshened it up (plenum gasket, timing chain set, new water pump and hi-volume oil pump, etc.) and installed it in my truck. Still going strong so far.

 

Well I decided to send it out to a nearby shop, they just came and took it away. The repair shop deals with broken plugs so this should be a walk in the park for them. AtomicDog you literately scared me with that comment. I'm not ready for a new engine.. lol but I am hoping they can get the job done.

 

Friday I got a call that one of the repair guys was almost done with it. All they had to do was get two more plugs out and get the new Dist. Cap and wires installed. I got a call back the same day, "The Dist. Cap bolts were so rusty that they will need to remove the Dist. so that they could tap out the old bolts.

On Monday I get a call actually 3 calls before I could call them back. They asked me how it ran before and why I was doing the tuneup. Told them that it was running smooth and the reason why for the tuneup is that appeared that one hasn't been done for a long time and also it was lacking power. So I told them what I had done, Oil Change and Airfilter. The reason for the questions was due to the truck running rough. Now I am waiting for there call back.

Not exactly sure how rough its running but what if the one repair guy didn't blow out the plug areas, that could have got gunk down into the valves and would that cause the running issue? What all did he have to pull out to get the Dist out. The Platinum Bosch Plugs I bought to have them put in. I am lost here with no truck to look at.

 

Apparently copper plugs the engine prefers. I don't trust the mechanics near me with the truck they screw up things. They may have routed the spark plug wires wrong I would check that.

 

Turns out that when they took out the Dist. they didn't put it back in correctly. So now I await for there call back with total and later today I go in to get it. YES its finally done!