You truck must be a small block because mine with a big block in it you can't get two hands down there

SO why the hexagon rubber end?Its there for a reason.

Thanks that’s awesome. I was having a really hard time I’m gonna give it a try.

Thanks! Great tip!

Yeap that’s smart

Although I have not tried it yet I will be. this in concept is genius!

Have you tried spak plug boot pliers?

Wish i had seen this video last week 😂I spent hours taking those rubber boots out with a hook chunk by chunk smashing my hands into a bloody mess 😂😢but i did prevail even with #8

Hope this works. Mine are extremely stuck on.

Used a hose clamp and it worked great. Removed all eight with no problem. Thanks for your information.

Thanks for your tip appreciate it awesome now if I knew that before I worked on this vehicle I wouldn't have to buy two new more heat shields for the spark plugs

Best tip out there!! You saved me a ton of aggravation, thank you!

That looks like one of the better tips I've seen.

A zip tie works too.

Good idea. I just threw my hands up and said "F it" a little earlier after wrestling with headlight and battery replacement under this Florida sun...didn't feel like fighting with the spark plug wire removal. Next Friday, the spark plugs and the oil change gets it.

Genus !

I'll be darned if that wasn't a handy dandy tip

With worsening arthritis, I started looking at plug wire / boot removal tools to make next week's plug replacement easier on my '05 Silverado 5.3. Reading all of the reviews, it appears that most (if not ALL) of those tools are useless junk. I'm glad I saw this before wasting any money on any of them. Thank you, Sir!

This worked great , thanks for the video! Cheers 🍻

Buy this man a Beer!!!! 👌🔥💯

Smart thinking, gunna be replacing the plugs and cables on my Tahoe and will definitely try this.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You…👍👍👍…

Just buy new spark plug wires! They are cheap as F...

Always change plug wires to cheap bastard

Great hack!!!! I will remember this 100,000 miles from now...

Just changed the plugs on my 2003 Yukon. I jus gently twisted the rubber boot, and was able grab the heat shield and pull it off, even the hated #8 plug, which wasn’t that bad. There were 3 of those that were tough and with those I was able to grab the skirt of that shield with some small needle nose pliers and work them off. Great idea though for sure. Love the cool solutions on the “tube” that help others.

I destroyed my hands trying to get them off..... I ended up ripping two of them. Glad I was changing the wires too....

Nice vidya

Very very intelligent solution to this problem.

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Genius!!👍👍

I its realy hard to remove

Perfect Video because I am having to change some difficult wires on a 2005 Silverado.

I hope this is as easy as it looks I got a 2002 avalanche with 105k miles on it also I need to do this.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLQiKJ5m6lqqJY

Thanks Ed. I was attempting to check the plugs in my new used 99 5.3 Chevy truck and couldn't budge those cover/shields.

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Sometimes those GM plug wires with the metal heatshield ends are SUPER HARD to get off! The best way to get them off, that I found, is to snap a small pair of needle nose vicegrips onto the edge of the heatshield. That gives you a better hold than your fingers and thumbs can ever do. You can even get a large size pry bar in there to push against the ends of the vicegrips. Sometimes prying with one hand, and shaking and yanking the vicegrips with the other hand are what it takes. They can be a real bugger to get off!!! Be sure to grease them up real good with dialectric grease or the likes before reinstallation.

Will try this one thanks. Good lookin idea, and then spray it up good with silly lube upon reinstallation. Maybe put a swipe of anti seize on the new plug threads.

Brilliant. Thank you Sir. I have been screwing around trying all kinds of ideas to pull off those heat shields and boots with no success. It is so difficult because there is no way to get a good grip or enough leverage without destroying the thing. I knew somebody smarter than me would have a video on KZbin. You have made my otherwise useless day.

Thank you so much for this tip. I could not them off but once I used your tip it was easy. Thank you!!!!!

Damn Genius! I've got my Pops Truck and been scratching my watch and winding my ass trying to figure out how in the hell am I gonna get them wire off with out damaging the damn things!!!

Great tip! Mine were stuck on so tight that I broke them apart and took them off chunk by chuck. Used this trick on the passengers side and they came out no problem using the clamp and a pry bar!

Thanks!

worked for me as well thanks

I wish I could have seen this video yesterday lol

Uhhhhh!!!! My brother, this tip ACTUALLY WORKED on my '05 Tahoe/5.3!!! I was getting very agitated NOT being able to remove simple plug wires, then I saw your vid. THANKS for posting/sharing!!! any more tips you'd like to share???

Excellent idea! I have wires that must be super brittle wires. I will be utilizing your invention! Thanks, Paul Y

Now that a great tip. Good job

I’m gona purchase 8 of them and just leave them on there , they not gona hurt anything