Yeah, passenger side is the A/C junk plus wiring. The driver side is
not bad once you have the factory plugs off. I haven't torqued mine
down quite as tight as the factory. It took me standing on the engine
to get the stock plugs out. Seriously, I am 175 lbs. and still had to
climb in with the engine to unbolt them. I agree, Mr. Impact Monkey was
reassigned to plugs. They should have taken hi toys away first... I
still have a hard time pulling the plug wires though. They are just
snugger than all heck. Putting them back on is ok, it is the off part.
I have to yank, I try wiggling and a pull, but NO I have to tug and pull
and scream and pop Ouch that one hurt...
Jason
2/16/99 4:38 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger [SMTP:stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 3:56 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: re: DML: Spark Plugs Once Again
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, brian duffey wrote:
[...]
> As for the heat shields on the plugs, YES - Man, I was cursing
the designer
> who came up with those! At least they made them removable
though. I put mine
> back on yesterday when doing the plugs, but they may be gone
soon!
? I thought the plugs were quite easy to change on my '96
318. I
didn't even have to remove the heat shields. Just pull off the
plug wire, blow some compressed air down into the sheild, then
use a socket wrench with a spark plug socket and an extension to
break
the plugs free; disconnect the wrench, spin the socket and
extension
by hand to back the plug out. Reverse the process to
re-install,
but use a torque wrench instead to torque 'em to specs.
Maybe there are some clearance issues I don't know about with
the
newer bodystyle though.
-Jon-
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