{"id":56810,"date":"2019-04-23T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=56810"},"modified":"2019-04-23T09:17:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:17:43","slug":"spark-plug-stripped-out-2003-lincoln-towncar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/04\/spark-plug-stripped-out-2003-lincoln-towncar","title":{"rendered":"Spark plug stripped out 2003 Lincoln Towncar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003-lincoln-town-car.jpg\" alt=\"2003 Lincoln Town Car\" width=\"600\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003-lincoln-town-car.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2003-lincoln-town-car-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spark plug has no hex sides how do I remove from car?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The spark plug had hex sides to begin with. I am guessing there is something blocking you from seeing them or something in the way. Only other possibility would be if they got rounded and this happens from trying to use the wrong tool. In this case you may need to use a special spark plug removal tool or improvise. You&#8217;ll see in the video the use of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UANEP4\">Quick Steel.<\/a><\/strong> Try at your own risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Seized\/Stripped Spark Plug Removal - Ford F150\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef qsa_\\&amp;start\\=4\" id=\"WYL_ilFCidZKBYI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FilFCidZKBYI%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ilFCidZKBYI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M9S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-05-26T14:11:55Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_ilFCidZKBYI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FilFCidZKBYI%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Seized\/Stripped Spark Plug Removal - Ford F150<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ilFCidZKBYI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FilFCidZKBYI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Seized\/Stripped Spark Plug Removal - Ford F150\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"While working on the 2001 F-150 with the 5.4L 2V Triton V8, I found a spark plug that the previous owner\/mechanic stripped and left. This is how I attempted to remove it. I forgot to mention in the video, but I did soak the spark plug in PB Blaster for a couple hours prior to the epoxy being applied.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spark plug has no hex sides how do I remove from car? The spark plug had hex sides to begin with. I am guessing there is something blocking you from seeing them or something in the way. Only other possibility would be if they got rounded and this happens from trying to use the wrong&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/04\/spark-plug-stripped-out-2003-lincoln-towncar\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spark plug stripped out 2003 Lincoln Towncar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[128,9866,10292],"class_list":["post-56810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","tag-lincoln","tag-stripped-spark-plug","tag-towncar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spark plug stripped out 2003 Lincoln Towncar - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/04\/spark-plug-stripped-out-2003-lincoln-towncar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spark plug stripped out 2003 Lincoln Towncar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spark plug has no hex sides how do I remove from car? 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