Spark plug HELL

This may be a stupid question and all but will the 08 and up plugs work on a 04-07? I've got an 06 5.4 and feel like seeing what else I can break?? Oh and almost 52k trouble free miles till I just typed this statement, boy was THAT stupid!


Boo Boo

Nope, won't work, all sorts of different!

The problem I had was one of the spark plugs in my 2001 Lightning decided to blow out of the head, and take the coil with it! I've never driven anything as "doggy" as my lightning on seven cylinders - a Chevette with two plug wires off could have beat me home! The following morning I found out that it's common problem with the "mod motors", seems that Ford installs plugs in them that only engages a few of the threads in the heads. I called the local Ford dealer , Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe, they told me that the engine had to come out to replace the cylinder head (supposedly can't fix them - unless it's still under warranty), while we have it apart we might as well replace the other head too - go re mortgage your home, and bring us the money (we'll trust you for the rest). My daughter's fiancee who works for a Lincoln Mercury dealer wised me up by sending me to his mechanic that just happens to have the specific repair kit for this job (he told me that mine was the sixty seventh one that he's done this repair to. He also replaced the spark plugs with a one that had deeper reaching threads, and has been trouble free for the last 30,000 miles.

Wayne (SAWDOFF) Pearce

It is all a big conspiracy so that you have to buy a new car every 80 000 miles because repair bills cost 1/2 what the value of the vehicle is worth.

use a 3/8 air gun to get them out. Im a ford tech works great have done 2 sets in the past few days have not broke one. out of all the different methods I have tried to get them out the air gun by far works the best

D's557BBF wrote:Chuck, That my friend is a C O P going bad! You should change the plugs now man. The longer you wait the harder/ more stuck they get!! Also change the fuel filter before you go to the dealership.

I can walk you threw the whole freaking thing, it's fresh on my mind!!! Get the tool from summit http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LIL-65600/ or I can send you mine...

GOOD LUCK

Thanks for the offer D, I'm going to take it to a local ford mech. who does work on the side.

fstrthnu373 wrote:use a 3/8 air gun to get them out. Im a ford tech works great have done 2 sets in the past few days have not broke one. out of all the different methods I have tried to get them out the air gun by far works the best

please explain further? thanks

fstrthnu373 wrote:use a 3/8 air gun to get them out. Im a ford tech works great have done 2 sets in the past few days have not broke one. out of all the different methods I have tried to get them out the air gun by far works the best

huh

jones wrote:Didn't they change the sparkplug design / heads in 08 on the 3v heads?

Yes, they did.

So my buddies 2008 "Funkmaster Flex" Expedition won't have this happen when he tries to change plugs?
GT

GTmustang wrote:

jones wrote:Didn't they change the sparkplug design / heads in 08 on the 3v heads?

Yes, they did.

So my buddies 2008 "Funkmaster Flex" Expedition won't have this happen when he tries to change plugs?
GT

I sure hope not!!!

fstrthnu373 wrote:use a 3/8 air gun to get them out. Im a ford tech works great have done 2 sets in the past few days have not broke one. out of all the different methods I have tried to get them out the air gun by far works the best

you don't put them back in with an air gun do you?

richter69 wrote:

fstrthnu373 wrote:use a 3/8 air gun to get them out. Im a ford tech works great have done 2 sets in the past few days have not broke one. out of all the different methods I have tried to get them out the air gun by far works the best

you don't put them back in with an air gun do you?

Yes but you have to use a 3/4 air gun