I have pulled one wire out and have tried to unscrew the plug. but it looks like there is a rubber boot around the old plug that is stopping me from getting my socket on the plug.

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Are you sure that you removed the plug wire properly? That year of Trooper has a rather strange plug wire. The wire has a connector on the "coil" then runs to the engine passing through a rubber cap connected to a long insulation tube. I have had an older wire break off at that top boot.