New Way to extract broken spark plug

[blue714x4]

First let me say Try at your own risk!
Thankfully this story has a happy ending.

I have a 71 K10 350 4 speed manual. The truck runs better then it looks. It was originally purchased by my grandfather for hunting in the Santa Fe National Forest way back when. After my father used it on the ranch and my constant reminder it was my truck he finally gave in and gave it to me.

I kept the truck as a project and a third vehicle until we moved to Ontario. Then it became my means. So the spark plug story.

Three years ago I had a mechanic in NOVA give the truck a tune up. I trusted the owner and had worked there when I was younger. I did not have the time then to do it myself because we were in the process of moving to Canada. My wife is Canadian. Yesterday I decided to replace the plugs before it gets any colder and I am driving to buffalo. I did the left bank first. 2 thru 6 were harder to remove then expected. 8 breaks between the nut and block. Yes I am screwed at this point. I notice it a different brand then the other three. So I try vice grips, drill and various chemicals with no luck.

I need the truck to drive to the Buffalo airport tomorrow morning. You can imagine what is going thru my mind. Rental car, don’t go, etc. At this point I am like 7 cylinders are ok until I can devote the attention it needs. I may need to remove the head and have it removed professionally. So I start the truck and guess what. The compression blows the porcelain out of the plug. Unbelievable! This morning I bought a extractor and came out clean with a 5ft pipe on the end of a 10mm wench around the extractor.

Thank God.

Brad

[Cyclone44]

Hey you not supposed to use a cheater on a wrench....

Glad you got it fixed and welcome to the site....

[Longhorn Man]

welcome to the site... amazing how you can get lucky sometimes huh?

[STOCKISH]

Sounds like that was alot of fun. Welcome to the forum.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Glad to hear it had a good ending! I hate the feeling of having to have something repaired before the morning, when you really need it

[harlyworkr]

Welcome aboard, sometimes it better to be lucky than skilled.

[blue714x4]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

I have found this site and the members comments very helpful