Spark plug gap from OHV-SOHC engines

[bilzy7]

I got spark plugs at autozone today and the guy gave me ones for a 1998 explorer with an OHV engine, but I have a SOHC engine. Does anyone know if these will still work for gap size and all?
If any confusion, I have a 1998 sohc explorer I just bought. I'm gonna change oil, spark plugs/wires, coil pack, and an o2 sensor.
It has 118,7xx miles which is great but on my way home it threw p0304 and p0153. So I have a misfire in cylinder 4, and a possibly bad if not dirty o2 sensor. I better not have a cracked head. I'll drive this through the previous owners house. Sorry, ranting...









Still ranting....
I got it for $2,200.00, so not bad but if engines cracked I'm gonna be pissed cause it was a really nice 50+ yr old man who sold me the truck. I expect young people to lie... But not old people, especially nice old country people. I'll move next-door to him and Piss on his lawn daily.

 

[Gotta_gofast]

Different spark plugs. The OHV plugs will thread into the SOHC head but will be about 1/4" short in the combustion chamber. Go back to autozone, throw the plugs at the retard behind the counter and get the correct plugs.

 

[bilzy7]

Alright, am I right in my mind with vin X being the correct ones? I believe H is the OHV vin for explorer.

 

[adsm08]

The 4.0 wasn't bad for cracking heads. The early SOHCs were bad for blowing out their Swiss-cheese head gaskets though.