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That sounds like a winner. Will coat the spark plug with dielectric grease again, and jam one in there today! Thanks

That's a good idea. The rubber insert could possibly be over sized. Might be able to take a knife to it, and loosen it up a bit. Going to give dielectric grease a chance to soften the rubber up over the next few days, and then go from there.

Yup good call, and I have already done that. I think the combination of the new grippy insert, and the plug wedging in the broaching was causing the problem. I got out one of my old used plugs, and I coated the the plug with dielectric grease from where the broaching grips the plug, and then...

Off base? Rag or no rag the plugs would not have been any good to me because of the force I had to use to remove them. There is small area between the plug and threads that I tried to use to get it loose without damaging the threads, but that area was just not enough to get a good grip on the...

Nice pliers. I love Channellock tools.

Seems like the answer to my problem is to use lubricant on the rubber insert of the plug socket. I have dielectric grease in the tube, and I also have some silicone spray. Also have some Silglyde in the tube, but I only use that for brake caliper slides because it leaves a brown residue. I...

Got to agree with the rubber insert causing the problem. Never used a magnetic spark plug socket, but the reviews on Advance and Amazon about the Gearwrench sokcet is pretty dang good.

Yes I was installing new plugs too, but an old habit of mine is to keep at least one of the old plugs for that time that a plug goes bad, and I have had that to happen a few times over the years.

Have a GM 3.1 litre engine sideways job, and I have to tilt the engine forward to get to the back spark plugs. I was using a Bostitch 5/8 spark plug socket with rubber insert that came with my set. The plugs were getting stuck in the socket so tight I had to use my Channellock pliers to get...

No did not keep me warm, but on the bright side I did not have nightmares about broken bolts.

I don't think I will do that again because I think the wife got jealous. Got it for $105.90 total cost from ToolsDelivered. After two Harbor Freight torque wrench fails--a 3/8 and 1/2 that never worked--a used Proto that was wore slap out, it was time to spend some money, and the CDI works...

My new sweet heart. I slept with it last night! I had it narrowed down to two. It was either the CDI 752MFRMH 3/8 5-75 ft. lbs., or the CDI 1002MFRMH 3/8 10-100. I think the 752 is the sweet spot.

I use the GearWrench 20PC Combination Ratcheting Wrench Set SAE/MM that I bought at Sears about two years ago, but it only cost me $39.99 then. Just looked at the Sears website, and they are $69.99 now on sale. I have to flip them over to reverse, so I wish I had bought a flex reversing type...

Had a Jeep Cherokee, and the power steering high pressure line needed to be replaced, but my line wrenches did not go that high. Not sure what the size was since it was long ago, but I think some where around 19mm. There was no way that an open end was going to remove it since it had been on...

Thanks for the information. I will give Proto a call in the morning, and get this wrench sent their way. Hopefully, it turns out to be a good one.