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    Senior Member Two Rings turboquattro's Avatar
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    PROBLEM!! need help

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    I was changing out my spark plugs and everything was going fine. One of my plugs wouldnt come out with the socket so i grabed needle nose pliers. Anyways a plastic piece of the grip on my pliers fell into the hole of the cylinder head when i was getting it out. I have been trying to get it out for about and 2 hours now. I am so pissed it was my last fricken plug too. Any advice or anything would help im stranded here and dont know what to do.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings audinutt's Avatar
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    Re: PROBLEM!! need help

    shop vac might be worth a shot.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings offroader1006's Avatar
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    Re: PROBLEM!! need help

    pickle grabber(Google it) and turn the motor by hand to TDC on that cylinder.

    you should be able to grab it, if that doesn't work, use the vacuum.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    Re: PROBLEM!! need help

    can you see the piece?

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    Veteran Member Four Rings t1demont1's Avatar
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    Re: PROBLEM!! need help

    Did fall in the head actually, or is it just in the area where the coil pack seats? My best guess would be a vaccum cleaner and try to create a seal of somesort to create enough vaccum pressure to suck it out

    Oh yeah, i suggest picking up a spark plug socket, its got a nice rubber grip inside of it to grab the spark plug so we dont have these problems.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings Nebone's Avatar
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    Re: PROBLEM!! need help

    Quote Originally Posted by turboquattro View Post
    Anyways a plastic piece of the grip on my pliers fell into the hole of the cylinder head when i was getting it out. I have been trying to get it out for about and 2 hours now.
    Its inside (thats what she said)

    You will definitely need some thin long pliers, turn the crank so that cylinder moves up or just hope the vacuum gets it...or off with its head!
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    Senior Member Two Rings turboquattro's Avatar
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    Re: PROBLEM!! need help

    I used a shop vac and got it but it was a pain in the a$$. But thanks for the responses guys!!

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