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Old 10-23-2009, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by caseydog View Post
Congrats on the new truck , glad the nightmare is over for you.

1 piece of advice on that 5.4 , assuming it has relatively low miles unscrew all the sparkplugs , add a dab of anti-seize to the threads of each and screw them back in. When the aftermarket makes a kit to repair stripped plug holes and calls it the "Ford 5.4l plug thread repair kit", that's a big hint that some PM is called for. A big part of the problem is the plugs actually last 100,000 miles these days , so by the time you get to them they are really seized.

Ray
And take them out VERY slowly! I recently did a tune up on a 5.4L and MAN those puppies were in TIGHT! They creaked ALL THE WAY OUT! BTW, you'll need a special spark plug socket and I hope you're flexible.
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