where you at with replacing your head... ?

 

Happened to me. Plug broke and fell into cylinder head. Needed a new head.

 

Dude hel-coil it. My 96 has the same problem! On Cyl 1. In fact last it happened was the day everyones truck took a down fall on them. Buddies Jeeps steering gear box gave and my 4runner gave. It was almost 1 in a million chance of 2 trucks dieing the same day. But heli-coil it and forget it, I'v since put about 15K on it and till now forgot we did it.

 

Ha ha ha, way too late. Happened last year. Spent $4000 at the stealership for a new head. Raped in the first degree.

 

for that much you should of just got a new engine

 

The tool came with 6 inserts, cost a few hundred bucks, you can make the money back by finding other guys with the same problem and charging to fix it, 5 extra inserts, charge $75 each.
Ford 5.4l do this all the time, and I have yet to see a head that had to be replaced.
But some people give up easily and just go for the credit card fix without exploring the options.

 

tell me about nobody in this day and age knows how to fix anything..