This story seems to prove your point.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/24/diagnosing.cars.ap/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Mingle [mailto:bsm11@cornell.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:25 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Changing Spark Plugs -Why are there heat shields
They put heat shields on to frustrate the piss out of us! ;-)
Engineers don't use common sense when building new cars, nor do they cater
to the backyard mechanic. They design everything so that it has to be taken
to the dealership for small things. If new vehicles were designed for the
backyard mechanic, there wouldn't be a need for service shops at a
dealership, which would mean less money for the dealer, and less money
going back to the manufacture.
Brian
At 10:48 AM 6/26/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Why do they put on the heat shields in the first
>place?
>--- John Neff <jndneff@texas.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have that, but if you remove the heat shields,
> > there will be less dirt to
> > blow out, and it's much easier to remove the plugs.
> > I have yet to find
> > anyone who's plug wires, even stock wires, were heat
> > damaged after removing
> > the shields.
> >
> > John
> >
> > >get a little can of compressed air used to clean
> > computer parts. spray
> > >around the plug after removing the boot and before
> > removing the plug.
> >
> >
>
>
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