Got a bit of a problem. I have to use a extension bar and plug socket to remove my spark plugs as they are burried a bit deep into the block problem being once I nip them up and try and remove the extension the socket stays on the plug! I can manage to fish it out using all kind of stupidity lol but am wondering there has to be a more professional approach ?
Its a new spark plug socket which has a rubber boot in it to hold onto the plug.
Advice welcomed.
Vaseline.
Surely not good to allow anything onto the insulator as it will attract grime - and become a source of tracking.
A little smear of washing up liquid on the rubber insert. Mike.
You need a new extension bar. The (formerly) spring-loaded ball in the end is not gripping the socket.
Steve
Find a *Locking* extension bar , unlike the spring loaded type you cant remove a socket without pushing a pin or something.
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