So i changed out all 8 plugs today.

[heptofite]

122k, and all 8 were the factory plugs and wires.

the electrodes were half way burnt off, and the remaining gap was at .082 instead of .042 where it belongs.

i had to remove the upper intake manifold and disconnect the egr at both ends, but six hours and 8 broken plugwires later, i had 8 new plugs, a bosch wireset, and 40 more horsepower.

still, i find it kind of funny that with the plugs half way melted on both sides of the head, it still had more pep than my 88 2.3 did.

i desperately hope that there's a better way of changing the driver's side bank, but somehow i know there isn't, and that ford doesn't care that i have to take the top of the engine apart to change wear items.

 

[Birk]

Nice!
I'm going to change plugs and cables on my ranger soon.
I did one cable to day, because the old one was damaged (and someone had fixed it with insolationtape!). The motor is running smoother now, but I'll change the rest of the cables and all the plugs when it gets a bit warmer outside.

 

[heptofite]

Nice!
I'm going to change plugs and cables on my ranger soon.
I did one cable to day, because the old one was damaged (and someone had fixed it with insolationtape!). The motor is running smoother now, but I'll change the rest of the cables and all the plugs when it gets a bit warmer outside.

be warned, intake side is a bitch.

 

[The_Dealer]

its fun aint it? esp the 3rd one on the intake side...u know where the dipsticks in the way

 

[Captain Ledd]

Only 6 hours? You got lucky.

 

[mhughes165]

i desperately hope that there's a better way of changing the driver's side bank, but somehow i know there isn't, and that ford doesn't care that i have to take the top of the engine apart to change wear items.

idk, ive never actually had to pull a intake ever on doin plugs on those, i normally get in there with swivles and extensions, sure it may make it easier, but it still only takes me 30 mins todo plugs and wires on one

 

['99 EB Explorer]

^+1

I never took the intake off my '93. Just extensions and universals as stated above.

 

[heptofite]

the upper intake on a 2000 is wider than the one on the 93, more runners, and the fuel rail is in the way.

i may have been able to get a socket in there, but i would have had zero swing to do anything with it.