After reading all of the horror stories over the past couple years, I was the latest victim this morning going to work . Luckily, I had just left my driveway when it happened so I just parked it and took my the wife's car to work.
I got home and took a look at it, the COP was broken loose from the 8mm bolt that holds it down and it was just lying on the vavle cover, the rubber boot was gone and just the spring was still attatched.
I got a flashlight and looked inside the well and only the electrode and the part that grabs the socket to loosen/tighten were all that were left. The white part of the plug and the tip that goes to the cop were gone .
The good news was that it actually came out, I dropped another plug in and it tightened down to 13ft/lbs . So I guess I got really lucky this time. I looked online at autozone,advance, and these COP's are like $50 for some knockoff brand. Any of you guys know where to get these at a better price than that or can I get Motorcraft for that price at the stealerships?
I got home and took a look at it, the COP was broken loose from the 8mm bolt that holds it down and it was just lying on the vavle cover, the rubber boot was gone and just the spring was still attatched.
I got a flashlight and looked inside the well and only the electrode and the part that grabs the socket to loosen/tighten were all that were left. The white part of the plug and the tip that goes to the cop were gone .
The good news was that it actually came out, I dropped another plug in and it tightened down to 13ft/lbs . So I guess I got really lucky this time. I looked online at autozone,advance, and these COP's are like $50 for some knockoff brand. Any of you guys know where to get these at a better price than that or can I get Motorcraft for that price at the stealerships?