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How to remove a broken spark plug on Triton Engine

Lisle 65700 tool removes broken spark plugs on Triton engines

The 65700 Broken Plug Remover Kit For Ford Triton engines provides a three step kit to remove broken spark plugs on Triton engines that have seized in the engine head.

The kit includes a unique Porcelain Puller Tool that snaps onto the terminal of a broken spark plug to pull the porcelain out. It also includes a Porcelain Pusher for when the porcelain breaks off in the spark plug tip and a Self-Tapping Puller to remove the seized metal tip. The kit comes in a blow molded plastic case for storage.

How to use the broken spark plug remover kit

If the spark plug hex and electrode broke off, leaving only the tip stuck in the engine, skip to step 7.

1. Make sure that the spark plug hex and threads have come out of the spark plug hole completely or is spinning
freely on the plug, with no threads still engaged in the head.
2. Remove the right hand nut from the porcelain puller (1).

Porcelain puller #1 with right hand nut

3. Press the puller down onto the terminal of the spark plug until it snaps on. Fig. 1.

Figure 1

4. Insert the Puller Housing (4) into the hole around the Porcelain Puller.

Puller housing

5. Thread the right hand nut on to the Porcelain Puller (1).
6. Use a 3/8″ wrench to hold the Porcelain Puller and a 15/16″ wrench to turn the right hand nut until the porcelain is released. Fig. 2.

Figure 2

7. Use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat up the broken plug remaining in the plug hole.
8. Insert Pusher Body (2) to bottom of spark plug threads with Pusher Screw (3) backed completely out. Fig. 3.

Pusher body and screw

Figure 3

Next screw Pusher Screw (3) down until it bottoms out against top of Pusher Body (2). Fig. 4. This pushes the porcelain to the end of the spark plug tube tip which gives you enough room for tip of
Puller Screw to work. There is no guessing on how far to run the Pusher Screw down. The porcelain cannot be pushed through the spark plug tip since it is retained by the taper of the tip and the design of the tool controls the overall length the porcelain can be pushed.

Figure 4

9. Remove Pusher Assembly using big hex on Pusher Body.
10. Place Puller Housing into hole (4).
11. Slide in Puller Screw (5).

12. Turn Puller Screw (5) counterclockwise (left hand thread) until tight. Fig. 5. Make sure to engage as many threads as possible. It will turn hard. If there are not enough threads on the Puller Screw engaged, the tip can break off and remain in the spark plug tip.