Hi,
Saturday I tried to replace the plugs on the 2009 Flex with 3.5L V6, pulled the coil out of # 1 and the lower rubber piece was left remaining on the plug - I suspect the dealer tech that did the last change didn't use any dielectric grease on the rubber boot and now it welded itself to the porcelain. Tried to get that rubber piece (Motorcraft WR6135) to come off the plug in one piece, no such luck, pieces chunked off with use of my long handled needle nose pliers.
I stopped the spark plug project. These rubber parts are $ 9 CAD each. Is there a better way to remove these without damaging? Not a lot of room down at the bottom of the hole..
Thanks again if you can offer some advice!
Saturday I tried to replace the plugs on the 2009 Flex with 3.5L V6, pulled the coil out of # 1 and the lower rubber piece was left remaining on the plug - I suspect the dealer tech that did the last change didn't use any dielectric grease on the rubber boot and now it welded itself to the porcelain. Tried to get that rubber piece (Motorcraft WR6135) to come off the plug in one piece, no such luck, pieces chunked off with use of my long handled needle nose pliers.
I stopped the spark plug project. These rubber parts are $ 9 CAD each. Is there a better way to remove these without damaging? Not a lot of room down at the bottom of the hole..
Thanks again if you can offer some advice!