broke a plug wire >:-(
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broke a plug wire >:-(
so i'm in the middle of a spark plug and wire swap on my 2000 camaro ls1 and i was yanking to get the #6 wire off the plug but the wire broke off at the boot...so now it's just the boot in the heat shield and it's on there pretty good.
any suggestions? i was trying some needlenose pliers but there's not a lot of room in there as we all know. would regular pliers work better? i didn't have any on hand at the moment. and would it be better to grab the boot or the heat shield?
thanks!
any suggestions? i was trying some needlenose pliers but there's not a lot of room in there as we all know. would regular pliers work better? i didn't have any on hand at the moment. and would it be better to grab the boot or the heat shield?
thanks!
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you should pull from the boot, not much there but should be enough. Try twisting and pulling with ur hands, you might be able to get a pair of pliers in there but it'll still be difficult
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had the same issue with cylinder 8 a few years ago. dont remember what i did to get the boot off. all i remember is a lot of colorful words were being used. lol
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If the heatsheild is still there grab some channel locks and grasp the heatsheild it will should pull the boot out with it I do it on the trucks all the time oh and dont forget the colorful language that also helps with keeping your sanity and not smashing something!
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I broke the metal boot inside one off my msd wires. I went to part stores and found a single plug that had a similar shaped metal part and took it apart and crimped the metal piece onto my msd wire.