Good morning all.
I set out this morning on the simple task of replacing a malfunctioning ignition coil. When it came out
the rubber tip remained attached to the body of the plug. I've replaced coils many times over the years and never had this happen.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Bill

 

Could you make a cable tie into a small loop, push it down over the rubber onto the plug insulator? When you pull the end, it will tighten and remove the rubber cap. Alternatively, you could do the same thing with a thin wire.

Pete M

 

I have had that happen twice. Both times i used long reach needle nose pliers and kept grabbing pieces out. Then when i could see the tip of the plug i used a long skinny screwdriver to go between the boot and the plug body and tore some more and needlenose again until i got it. When you get to where you can get a socket on the plug make sure to blow out the hole with air before removing the plug. A nice led headstrap light really helps for this operation. Just keep getting pieces however you can and it will come off

 

Can you not use a box spanner on it ?
If you don't know it is just a tube with flats at one end to suit the spark plug
and holes at the other end for a T bar.

 

Many thanks to you all for your suggestions. I successfully removed most of the boot
the way Scott recommended. Since this was Number 7 a head light wouldn't
work. What was a major assist was an endoscope and using a slender screw driver
to tear the boot away from the plug. Otherwise i was working blind.

 

+1 on the LED head strap.

I've used an Xacto knife with a new blade to get through stubborn automobile boots, removal of dive watch wrist bands, and a host of other teeth grinding issues for home, guitar shop and the cars.

A head strap magnifier is handy and I'm adding lights to my Optivisor as well. It's just so disappointing to get a job 90%+ done then run into a 'aw crap' issue.

Tenacity, ingenuity and perseverance are most always required with most any Jaguar, heck even my 1970 MG Midget was science project most of the time.