Guys...

I am in desperate need of the collective knowledge of this forum.

Today while driving my brother made an idle comment that he is
impressed our 99 TL with 236k miles was so nice and running so well when no sooner than 5 minutes later the engine started to miss.

I connected my scanner and pulled several codes...
P0301
P0302
P0306
P1399

and like how Sistom noted in a similar thread, the engine light started flashing at me.

I had this once before and it was a coil pack so I picked one up in anticipation that is the issue. I started with the first coil pack on the
left when you open the hood. I was going to pull it and check it with a spark plug inserted in it but it wouldn't come out so I gently tugged on it when the worse possible thing I could imagine happened. The coil pack "head" disconnected from the shaft.

I have tried everything to get this shaft out but it is in there good and tight. I tried drilling the center out thinking I could get some
channel locks to grip on the wall and pull it out but no dice.

How would you remove this?

I am open to any and all suggestions....

David

 

Holy! The Coil shaft actually Snapped????

I would try with Super Bond! Autozone sells it for cheap since the coil pack is made out of plastic just grab the Super Plastic Bond (Around 6-8 Bucks) get something to grab it on a stick the Bond on it Carefully trying not to touch the Valve Cover or it will get nasty.... Since the shaft only sits on top of the Spark Plug it doesnt need that much force.

Try first to turn the shaft counter clock-wise to try to remove the Spark Plug head little bolt... Super Plastic bond cures in around 1 hour.

Rofl Wierdest thing I ever heard out of a TL....

 

Well my brother and I finally managed to get that coil pack neck/shaft out
through a combination of drilling/pulling/dissolving and suctioning out the pieces after breaking them up.

What a royal pain in the a$$. I would only wish this type of repair upon my worst enemy! like that sob with the muffler-less motorcycle that starts it up every Sunday morning at 7am!

The pictures I found here were instrumental in knowing how the sleeve is inserted and to see what was what when it came down to drilling the coil pack.

I tried to take pictures but the flash could never capture the horror which was
taking place in the sleeve.