Old Sep 6, 2004 | 07:25 PM
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Default spark plug ripped and the thread fell inside the motor help

i was helping my sister out and i thought it was going to be easy so i just opened her hood and put 4 new spark plugs in the car. then i asked her to call autozone and ask them wut the gap was and if they were pregapped. the car ran fine but they said they need to be gapped at .50 for her car. so i opened it back up and took them out gaped them all at .50 and put them back in. the last one i was putting in ripped as i was screwing it in and the center piece with the spark end and the top came out. the thread stayed there and when i lifted the plug out the thread fell inside the motor.

i tryed to use a magnetic prob to grab it and pull it out but its bigger than the hold. the metal is bigger that is. then i tryed that little grabber with 4 hooks and that didnt work. then i tryed to get it with needle nose but its so far down there i cant reach. i pulled off the valve cover and i got the thread once with the plyers but i couldnt pull it out.

anybody have any ideas?


by the way it was a denzo spark plug
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