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Old 09-26-2010, 01:54 AM
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Does anyone have advice on pulling the plug wire boots off my 4.0, I've never seen em so hard to pull?
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What year is your Jeep?
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Twist and shout.
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1999.

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If '99 still has the distributor, do what the above poster said - twist and shout (when you hit your hand on some hard surface) If they are coil over plug, take and pull out while wiggling it back and forth.
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Just a Distributor.

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If '99 still has the distributor, do what the above poster said - twist and shout (when you hit your hand on some hard surface) If they are coil over plug, take and pull out while wiggling it back and forth.
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I got a tool from Mopar performance years ago. It works great for pulling plugwires!







Sorry about the huge pics.
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Should just pull out with a little elbow grease.
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if you work with metal make the tool or go to ur local parts store, most decent ones have them for sale.
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Thanks all! I bought some plastic tweezer lookin thing at O'****holes, Haven't tried it yet, dig that blue handled old school one in pics, mine will probably break.


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if you work with metal make the tool or go to ur local parts store, most decent ones have them for sale.
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