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Old May 5th 19, 07:05 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Kevin Bottorff[_3_]
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Default spark plug socket wrench won't hold plug enough to remove

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> On Friday, June 15, 2007 at 12:40:38 PM UTC-7, Joe wrote:
>> It keeps falling out. I don't have a long enough needle nose pliers
>> to get it out is there another handy household contraption I can use
>> to get deep in the hole to grab the plug and remove it or do I need
>> to hit the hardware store?

>
> The gift that keeps on giving. Thank you Kevin Bottorff for the 2007
> post to use a fuel line to snag spark plugs. That paid off in 2019 for
> me. I got started without a spark plug socket to pull the spark plug
> out of the deep hole. I was looking at the spark plug lying loose in
> the hole. The fuel line snagged it easy...and the next three.
>
> Okay that was the three 'easy' forward facing plugs in the Acura where
> I could easily see the plug in the hole. Then a run to autoparts store
> for a magnetic socket for the rear facing plugs. But I couldn't have
> run to the store without getting the first spark pulled and replaced,
> but it worked so well I did the other two front-facing plugs.
>


always glad to help when I can, glad you had good results. KB
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