Ford must hate us

[gribly]

Pfft, that's nothing. Go read up on the procedure for changing plugs and wires on an LS1 Camaro... You have to pull the engine, or disassemble the car around the engine. If you know what you are doing and are good at doing brain surgery through someone's bellybutton, you can lay on the motor and reach in, but it's a test of your patience.

 

[SpeedNinja]

sounds a lot like the old 8 plug 4 cyl... the driver side was similar.....

not motivating me to get these plugs changed...

 

[AaronC47]

Spark Plugs and stuff

As someone mentioned I have no problems with the drivers side, the passenger side front 2 I can get to with short extension and a swivel, and I have tried the back one from up above, I ended up with a left hand full of the fiberglass from the the AC stuff, Its much easier to turn wheels all the way to left, and that swivel and a long extension will keep you from busting head or knuckles,


Now Has Anyone tried using the BOSCH R2 (or was it R3) plugs with the 2points ? I read that people seem to have issues after a few hundred miles with a rough idle ?

 

[philthedutchman]

this is absolutely ridiculous!!! 93 ranger with a 4.0 and I want to shoot my mother. The driver side so so simply the passenger side f my life. I'm taking the dust cover off and that's a bitch haven't even got to the plugs yet. I keep reminding myself that I love this truck cuz honestly I'm about to throw it in the damn river!!!!

 

[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

Yeah, pull the wheel. It makes it so much easier. Most people just don't think about it.

+1

Long extensions with a swivel through the underside of the fender always works great on the pasengers side. Tape up the swivel with electrical tape to help stifen it up while you insert it over the plug.

 

[Twister]

Try changing the plugs on a 2004 E350 with the 5.4L, its a PITA

 

[Frank The Tank]

Don't change em until they go bad..... that's what i do.

hahaha

my 97 ranger step side 2wd 5spd with the 2.3 had 7 brand new plugs at 200k

Frank

 

[heptofite]

you should try intake side on a 2.5

 

[kissofdeathracing]

ok this really makes me not wanna do plugs and wires on my 2.9 with the damn dizzy cap under the intake plenum

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

#2 and #3 on my 2.8 were by feel only thru the wheel well, #4 was a bummer because of the compressor.

Post V8 swap every plug is in plain sight with the non functioning AC crap removed (non ac heater box swapped in)

However other things (like anything ran with the belt) requires the radiator to be pulled... to pull the rad you have to pull the efan, to pull the efan you have to loosen the tranny coolers, to loosen the tranny coolers you have to pull the grille... not really sure what I have improved.

 

[4.0B2]

there's 2 kinda people...
1. the kind that never change spark plugs
2. the kind that changes spark plugs-- just way to often

 

[kissofdeathracing]

there's 2 kinda people...
1. the kind that never change spark plugs
2. the kind that changes spark plugs-- just way to often

lol It depends on the vehicle I have at the time my dakota and my gc didnt do em dakota the last one on each side were under the cowl and the jeep well I took one look and the lack of space with a V8 in a small engine bay and said f this other than that I do em once and thats it

 

[Twister]

#2 and #3 on my 2.8 were by feel only thru the wheel well, #4 was a bummer because of the compressor.

Post V8 swap every plug is in plain sight with the non functioning AC crap removed (non ac heater box swapped in)

However other things (like anything ran with the belt) requires the radiator to be pulled... to pull the rad you have to pull the efan, to pull the efan you have to loosen the tranny coolers, to loosen the tranny coolers you have to pull the grille... not really sure what I have improved.

Hmm, i never had any problem changing the plugs on my 2.8, i thought it was one of the easiest of all the vehicles i have ever worked on. I didn't have to go though the wheel well

 

[94 lngbd]

on my 67 Dodge coronet R/T that I no longer have,most of the plugs had to be changed from under the car. Big block 440

 

[LearjetMinako]

Here is my little tips for doing the spark plugs on the old 2.3L. Removing everything can and will be a pain the butt. So to make the job easier next time, use this tip.
1. Use a Anti-seize compound on the spark plug's threads.
2. Use di-electric grease in the sprak plug boot.

I did this on my previous change and made the next one easier. Thou it is still a pain in the butt to thread the spark plug on the drivers side without removing the upper intake manifold.