Spark Plug boot trouble; 5S-Fe

[youngflashycamr]

hello all! i was i n the proces of doing a tune up today when i came across a little problem...those of you with the 4 cyl may have already come across this. while removing the boot( after the engine had cooled for a few gours) the last inch pf the boot stayed in the shaft, u kno that fatpart on the end that makes it a vaccuum.. how would one go about removing this boot...cuz as of now i am without automobile...a friend of mine with a 5SFE mr2 said that there's some kind of tweezer/fish-hook deal that can pull it out easy

[95PimpingCamry]

This happens a lot, and happened to me too. What I did was straiten out a coat hanger and use it to cut up the boot a little so that it was in a couple pieces, then I duct taped a straw to a vacuum cleaner and used the suction to pull the pieces out. If you can find tweezers long enough to reach in there you can do that too.

[gonesurfing]

I think I used a long pair of needle nose pliers. It's happened to me at least once on two different Camrys.

[Kep]

I used a wire coat hanger with about a 3/8" piece at the end bent to a right angle. I wedged the end into the rubber boot and tugged in three or four places until it came loose and pulled out.

Kep

[digmycelica]

Originally Posted by youngflashycamr

hello all! i was i n the proces of doing a tune up today when i came across a little problem...those of you with the 4 cyl may have already come across this. while removing the boot( after the engine had cooled for a few gours) the last inch pf the boot stayed in the shaft, u kno that fatpart on the end that makes it a vaccuum.. how would one go about removing this boot...cuz as of now i am without automobile...a friend of mine with a 5SFE mr2 said that there's some kind of tweezer/fish-hook deal that can pull it out easy

If you cut a piece of wire like a coat hanger to about 12 inches. Sharpen one end like a toothpick then bend it about 1/4 inch up to a 90 degree angle on the sharp end. you can run that in the hole and stab the rubber suction boot and pull it right out.

[youngflashycamr]

joy!!! this gon be fun cuz im not good with sharp objects!!

[Kep]

Try it without sharpening it first. Just cutting the coat hanger with wire cutters puts a pretty mean edge on it. If it doesn't grab, then sharpen it.

Kep