"Lawrence Glickman" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:04:24 -0500, "Chas Hurst" >
> wrote:
>
> >There's no need to drill anything with the correct size easy-out. The
> >correct size being 9/16 IIRC.
>
> You are ass/u/ming that all the porcelain is removed? He only has a
> threaded metal cylinder to remove?
>
> >Since all that remains is the threads the entire porcelain can be removed
> >with a flex grabber.
>
> Oh, there IS porcelain remaining, but it can be removed with a flex
> grabber. What makes you so sure? A flex grabber is a puny little
> tool for picking up nuts and bolts at the bottom of water tanks, not
> wrestling spark plugs out of their mounts.

Once the hex is torn off the plug the porcelain comes out quite easily.
And since I use a magnetic spark plug socket, the porcelain usually remains
in the head.
Why are you argueing about a job you have never done?


> > My first choice would be a beer. But the easy-out is a
> >close second.
> >Have you ever really extracted a broken plug?
>
> Nope. I don't break spark plugs off in their holes. Then again, I
> don't work on em 5 to 7 days/week either.
>
> I agree with you on one thing, the easy-out is 2nd choice when
> compared to beer, when it comes to a penetrating lubricant.
>
> Lg