In the middle of the night (about 4 A.M.) my spark plug socket absolutely wouldn’t come out of the approx 4” tube it sits in: my extensions simply pulled away without pulling the socket out. The first 5 did but #6 wouldn’t.
With no room for needle-nose pliers, I resorted to hacking an extractor by grinding the tip off the cheapest-looking pick I could find so it would pass through the 3/8” opening in the socket to yank it out. After fabbing that it literally took less time to get the socket out than it took me to lean over the engine to stick it down the hole.
Best guess is that it’s about a $3 tool (“General” brand) I’m happy replace it with a complete set of picks (reasonably priced) because grinding it down saved my butt.
Sam let me know what you want me to do.
