I have replaced my spark plugs 3 times and broke at least 1 wire each time.
Is there any special tool or trick to remove plug wires?
I have tried to pull it all the way down to the plugs but some time it is hard. Must be a special tool to remove plug wires.
Thanks,
-Mike

 

I don't have an answer, but misery loves company. I found it harder to get the stock wires off then it was to change the plugs themselves.

 

Mike76002,

I use silicone dielectric grease on the inside of the plug wire boot. That makes it easier to remove the boot/plug wire in the future. Good luck.

 

I know. Changing the plugs is not that hard but removing the plug wires is really paint and costly

 

It seems long/nimble/strong fingers on a small hand are the only tool. If it weren't for work gloves I would have been torn to pieces.

 

I just pulled the crap out of min e. I wasn't worried about breaking them cause i replaced em with MSDs but, I didnt notice any that were broken

 

I worked up a good sweat replacing mine. i didn't change the plugs yet. I bet the drivers side rear plug is a b*$@#.

 

I did use it on the Taylor wires and also broken one ...
But this is one of the best solution.
I will use TR55_IX this time which will increase the plugs' life so I have to replace the plugs every year again.
Hope this will fix the problem of replacing plugs every year since my car was knocking like crazy and after replacing plugs, the problem seems gone away.
-Mike

 

well i own a muffler shop so i have a lift. i just use a 36 in screw driver, from the bottom i just give a little twist and they come right off.

 

Remove wires from coil pack end. Twist the rubber boot at the spark plug end, then grasp and pull on the heat shield.

 

Yes, there is.

Last week I went to remove a couple of plugs just to check their conditions. When I realized I wouldn't be able to remove the boots without breaking them, I called a mechanic friend, who said he had A Snap-On tool designed for just that, and I borrowed them.

Unfortunately, the Snap-On tool is of a design that requires you to be able to fit the entire length of the tool in the engine compartment and pull head-on, which is not possible in a C5. The grabbing end is also not quite what C5 owners need, in that you can't get a good bite on either the boot or the heat shield.

Frustrated, I went to my toolbox to see if I could rig something up. Take a look at what I found staring me in the face when I was sifting through my pliers drawer:


Unbelievable! This gem clamps around the end of the boot, and even fits right into that little groove on the end of the boot, and since you basically grab the boot from the side, it fits perfectly in the engine compartment. It is also thin so it can get into tight places. Although I bought it somewhere between 1983 and 1985, it was designed specifically for the C5!

Don't ask me who makes it because there is no manufacturer's stamp on it or anything. The stamp you see in the pic only says Warning - Wear Safety Goggles. I do know that I got it in either Centereach, Selden or Farmingville, New York, out on Long Island, from one of the franchise auto parts stores there, but I can't remember the name. Maybe some 'gIslanders can help us out, heah(couldn't resist).

I don't remember how much it was, either, but I think it's worth about $2000 right now!

 

Wow!!!
Let me try to look around to see if I can find one!
Nice tool!
-Mike

 

I have one of those that is coated at the ends with soft rubber. Unfortunately, not sure where I got it. I may have got it at the Sears automotive section.

 

Wow did a searck on Snap-On's site for "spark plug boot pliers" and it came up with 6 different styles.

 

The only way I could get my stock wires off was with needle nosed pliers and pulling on the metal heat shield, plus skinning my hand. I put on Taylor wires and tried to remove them later to check the plugs and they wouldn't budge. Oh well, now I need one of those $2000 tools.

 

The only ones that MIGHT work are these:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_d...re&dir=catalog
You can't really see them, but the reason I say this is because the plastic coating seems to make my friend's tool slip off the boot as you tug, so if those coatings on the ones referrenced above aren't removable, you're hosed. Also, even with mine I have to use two hands so they have to be the right kind, and really should be able to grab the groove on the boots without pastic on the pliers to work well.

Oh well, at least we know we can keep looking online. Someone's bound to have something somewhere.

 

I got something very similar to those from harbor frieght for 5 bucks. They were cheap but work fine.

 

that tool used to take off door handles, you can get one from summit, pt number sum-w80647. 6.95..............

 

Yes, yes, yes! I was wondering why I even had those! I remember now. I had a cherry 68 Camaro SS, and didn't want to screw things up in a car like that. I now seem to remember using that tool to remove the retainers behind the vent window cranks.

OK, everyone, new search is in order! Oh, wait...you already did that for us.

Thanks!

Edit: Where can we find more info? Got a web address? So far, even trying to search for that part number yields no results.

 

www.summitracing.com