Holy friggin' crap!

[hotkarl]

Did the plugs today...





What a royal pain in the butt.
Driver side, piece of cake.
Passenger side, holy crap.
I had to make a special tool to remove the back 2 plugs. The rear wasn't *so* bad, but damn that center plug must've taken me a 1/2 hour to remove.
The worst part of the job had to be pulling the boots off. No room at all on that p/s. Original Motorcraft plugs, I swear the gap had to be 150! I'm not kidding, I can't believe she ran at all, let alone fairly decent with those plugs.
Nothing but a crusty nub left. Thankfully I wont have to do this again for a very long time. And, I might have killed myself it was 8 plugs instead of 6.

The results? I used the Autolite Double Platinums. Immediately noticed a smooth as glass idle, nice and tight when driving, noticible increase in pep.
We'll see how it affects the MPG's. I'm counting on it making a big difference due to the condition of the plugs.

 

[marragtop]

Did you do the plugs thru the wheel wells? It's much easier that way.

 

[hotkarl]

Yes, wheel wells, and last one pass side from underneath.

 

[Spdrcer34]

I have a 20" extension that puts my ratchet just outside of the fender....no obstructions then.

I can change all 6 or 8 plugs in my Explorers in less than 30 minutes.

Ryan

 

[jchopo01]

I made my brother pulled mine after I hydrolocked in ten minutes. Putting in just as quick. Its tight but he said the back one and front one on the passenger side was easy. The hard one was the middle one. He just used the socket, universal, and a one inch extension for most I think.

 

[jlsparky7]

I changed The passenger side plugs today in my ex (5.0) and it wasnt hard at all other than the fact the the 3 plug back broke off in the block. Ill have a vid up soon of the fix. Broke one of the spark plug wires pulling them off too. Had to order some autolites, cant afford motorcraft right now.

 

[storlied]

I've done the spark plugs on my 5.0L, once.. and first time ever. It took me a little bit, there were some difficulties but since then I've gotten better with the tools I have.. it's pretty simple if you go through the wheel wells.. there's a plug or two that you have to go through the top for the best angle.. but it's pretty simple.