NEED HELP

Archangel · 01-08-2011, 05:07 PM

I was replacing the spark plugs on my 1999 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3 L V8. I successfully removed 7 of the 8, the passenger side back spark plugs is &$@#@$%$.! I had barely enough room for 5/8 socket and socket wrench, not to mention less than 1 inch to to work the wrench. I tried and tried and tried and just couldn't get it to budge...then vwalla it moved....well it didnt take long to figure out why, the plug nut, not the plug itself, sheered off the plug leaving the plug in its hole and nothing to grab it with.

WHAT DO I DO? I need my car for monday to go to work, I can't miss or I will get fired (fire acadamey with no miss policy)? is there anything that i can do?

justa25thTA · 01-08-2011, 05:50 PM

where in Texas are you? I have no idea how to fix it, but my neighbor is a mechanic who works from home. If you are close to Garland and want his number, let me know.

Archangel · 01-08-2011, 07:11 PM

thanks but i went back to to try one more time and even though I tore the nut off, it broke free just enough before it sheered off to use my fingers....pheeww, i think it is time to go to windstar casino my luck just proved exponentially, maybe i can win enough to afford a camaro.

. I do wonder what you would have to do though. the only thing i could think of was to remove the cylinder head but then that just left me with no passenger side cylinder head and the plug still stuck.

C586 · 01-08-2011, 10:01 PM

thats a very common problem with fords. If there is room you can drill it out. If there isnt enough room you pull the head.

01-08-2011, 05:07 PM	#1
Archangel Drives: 1999 GMC Sierra Z71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 102	NEED HELP I was replacing the spark plugs on my 1999 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3 L V8. I successfully removed 7 of the 8, the passenger side back spark plugs is &$@#@$%$.! I had barely enough room for 5/8 socket and socket wrench, not to mention less than 1 inch to to work the wrench. I tried and tried and tried and just couldn't get it to budge...then vwalla it moved....well it didnt take long to figure out why, the plug nut, not the plug itself, sheered off the plug leaving the plug in its hole and nothing to grab it with. WHAT DO I DO? I need my car for monday to go to work, I can't miss or I will get fired (fire acadamey with no miss policy)? is there anything that i can do? __________________ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter how wrong they are If I agreed with you then we would both be wrong

01-08-2011, 05:50 PM	#2
justa25thTA Drives: 2011 Camaro SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 1,630	where in Texas are you? I have no idea how to fix it, but my neighbor is a mechanic who works from home. If you are close to Garland and want his number, let me know. __________________ Yeah, I'll get around to it...

01-08-2011, 07:11 PM	#3
Archangel Drives: 1999 GMC Sierra Z71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 102	thanks but i went back to to try one more time and even though I tore the nut off, it broke free just enough before it sheered off to use my fingers....pheeww, i think it is time to go to windstar casino my luck just proved exponentially, maybe i can win enough to afford a camaro. . I do wonder what you would have to do though. the only thing i could think of was to remove the cylinder head but then that just left me with no passenger side cylinder head and the plug still stuck. __________________ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter how wrong they are If I agreed with you then we would both be wrong

01-08-2011, 10:01 PM	#4
C586 Account Suspended Drives: 2011 Camaro LS Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NY Posts: 1,117	thats a very common problem with fords. If there is room you can drill it out. If there isnt enough room you pull the head.