jjklongisland
Registered User
Holy difficult batman
I changed my spark plugs today which took a solid 2 hours. Thank god for my buddy who has over $20,000 in snap on tools. There is no way I would have been able to get to some of those plugs without his specialty ratchets... Surprisingly the drivers side was much easier to do than the passenger. I went from underneath. The passenger side was a royal pain. Why the hell do they have that monster metal bracket holding the cooling lines in the darn way. It took my about a half hour to get my spark plug boot on.
Enough with all the complaining. The wires and plugs are done She now runs like a champ. Very smooth idle, no stuttering or sputtering in third or fourth gear in low rpms...
And another Ford gripe, why the hell would ford make it that you need to remove your lower radiator hose to change a damn belt...
Tomorrow I will be changing the thermostat, all the hoses, and belts and the tune up is finally complete.
Then I have to learn how to look for boost leaks. I am still only pulling about 9.5 pounds.
I changed my spark plugs today which took a solid 2 hours. Thank god for my buddy who has over $20,000 in snap on tools. There is no way I would have been able to get to some of those plugs without his specialty ratchets... Surprisingly the drivers side was much easier to do than the passenger. I went from underneath. The passenger side was a royal pain. Why the hell do they have that monster metal bracket holding the cooling lines in the darn way. It took my about a half hour to get my spark plug boot on.
Enough with all the complaining. The wires and plugs are done She now runs like a champ. Very smooth idle, no stuttering or sputtering in third or fourth gear in low rpms...
And another Ford gripe, why the hell would ford make it that you need to remove your lower radiator hose to change a damn belt...
Tomorrow I will be changing the thermostat, all the hoses, and belts and the tune up is finally complete.
Then I have to learn how to look for boost leaks. I am still only pulling about 9.5 pounds.