Joe Dirt
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- October 4, 2007
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 07 Camry
Tonight was plugs and wires. I heard stories about the heat shields cutting people up, so I was ready. Nothing- took me about an hour to do them all at a leisurely pace, no cute, no smashed fingers like when I slipped with the 1/2" ratchet doing my shocks. Fingernail is still black from that one...
Passenger side I just removed the rubber splash guard, on the driver side, removed the rubber splash guard and the plastic fender liner since I couldn't find my wobbler socket. Not bad at all.
For anyone that wants pics, this was on a V8 Ex, showing what is visible when pulling the wheel off, and the shields as outlined above.
Passenger side:
Driver's side:
Plugs that came out of the Driver's side f>>b (the fender liner came out after I popped that insulator. Yes, it had Champion plugs.
Passenger side f<<b
The Zingers I'm eating right now while typing this:
I did grab some new splash shields from the junkyard one from each side of these Ex's...
Things I learned tonight:
-Meijer no longer sells Dielectric tune up grease. WTF?
-The $9 spark plug wire puller from Craftsman was well worth $9, it probably saved my knuckles.
-One of my plugs was half out of the head. Explained the ticking...
-Nuno Bettencourt plays a mean-ass guitar.
-Ford has a ridiculously frustrating wire clip/loom for the plug wires, but I got over it.
-I'm a fan of the Sunkist "Solar Fusion" soda.
Passenger side I just removed the rubber splash guard, on the driver side, removed the rubber splash guard and the plastic fender liner since I couldn't find my wobbler socket. Not bad at all.
For anyone that wants pics, this was on a V8 Ex, showing what is visible when pulling the wheel off, and the shields as outlined above.
Passenger side:
Driver's side:
Plugs that came out of the Driver's side f>>b (the fender liner came out after I popped that insulator. Yes, it had Champion plugs.
Passenger side f<<b
The Zingers I'm eating right now while typing this:
I did grab some new splash shields from the junkyard one from each side of these Ex's...
Things I learned tonight:
-Meijer no longer sells Dielectric tune up grease. WTF?
-The $9 spark plug wire puller from Craftsman was well worth $9, it probably saved my knuckles.
-One of my plugs was half out of the head. Explained the ticking...
-Nuno Bettencourt plays a mean-ass guitar.
-Ford has a ridiculously frustrating wire clip/loom for the plug wires, but I got over it.
-I'm a fan of the Sunkist "Solar Fusion" soda.