OkayYesterday i posted many questions about thisMy spark plug broke inside the cylinder! I bought some Champion plugs, after only 1,200 they were misfiring i noticed they were extremely worn! So i took them out and replaced them with motorcraftYet on one cylinder the plug broke and, as i tried to remove the remnants of the plugs, the hex came off along with the remainder of the plug, only leaving the thread ring and the gap in the cylinder! I am afraid pieces of metal fell into the cylinder! Not only that, even with an easy out thing i can't remove the old thread! Its lodged in there! The car is a 2001 Ford WindstarAnd in reality i can't afford to have the whole engine taken apartFord engineered these cars so its nearly impossible to access the rear plugs! And champion plugs are a POS! What can i do!gt;!?!
the windstar uses aluminum headsthe threads of the plugs should have been first coated with anti sieze before u installed themthe anti sieze stops the threads from galling and makes for easier removalsteel and aluminum combined with extremely hot cyl temps of 1,000 degrees or more don't mix.for longthe anti sieze makes a buffer between the two and helps them survive together in harmonythe threads of the broken plug have galled the openingthat means the threads in the head will now need re-tappedhead must come offthere is a tool to get the thread ring out, but if parts of the plug have gone down into the cylinder the head should be removedleaving any metal in there will cause that metal to be crushed when the piston comes up and the valve is going down and can bend the valve causing mucho denero to need to be spenttake it to a repair shop with a tow rope or on a hook, not by driving itford engineered special tools that u and i don't have to remove those plugsthe ford dealer shops have these toolsnot meaning to be nasty here, but the $75-$100 u would have paid them to do this job in the first place would have far been cheaper than what it will now cost and they would have used motorcraft plugswhen it became nearly impossible to get to the plugs, thats when i would have stoppedsorry.
old/new pillow or cushion insides Would be good
If there are old socks and/or nylons around the house, wash them and chop them up into little piecesFabric scraps from fleece work well, tooFailing the availablility of those, you can always buy fiberfill at a crafts supplies store.
The cheapest way is buy a new pillow, opening the seam and using the stuffingYou know it's new and there's plenty to last a whileYou can then use the covering to construct another ugly critter with the left overs! Or you can buy the stuffing and skip the workWalmart used to carry batting but since they revamped the stores, you might be better off going the pillow route.
