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Today I was up in Portland at a local car club meet, and I decided to change my plugs since i bought some AC Delco Iridiums yesterday. Anyway, after reading all the threads about how terrible changing the spark plugs is, i was not looking forward to it. Thinking I needed a lift, we had one on hand but didn't use it. I popped the hood, and had all 6 plugs changed out in less than 15 minutes, all under the hood, not using a lift or anything. That time includes gapping them and inspecting all the old plugs thoroughly for any strangeness.
Keep in mind now, I've never changed plugs on anything. I watched my dad change plugs on the old exploder when i was 6, but that's it.
Changed them out and all was well. I started home an hour later and everything was going great until i got to TV highway as it's called, and i started getting a bad misfire. The light was blinking and all. It was about 35* out and POURING down rain. I'm alone, about 75 miles from home, and no one is answering their phones. Anyway, I drive around on 5 cylinders for about an hour, trying to find an autoparts store that wasn't closed. After stopping in to Joe's and asking someone, I went to a Baxters about 8 miles away, got the code read but it wouldn't tell me which cylinder..went to buy a set of wires (assuming that's the only thing it could be considering i just did plugs) but they had none in stock. So i drive down the road another 5 miles or whatever and finally get to a Schucks. Their code reader tells me cylinder 1 and I go to buy a wire, but they only sell in packs, and i only had $26 on me, the wires cost $36. Well after some more talking and after telling them this, they decide to give me the pack for $26! I was like "Sweet!" So I go out in the freezing cold rain in jeans and a t shirt and wind breaker and swap out my cylinder 1 wire. Turns out the old wire was burned almost all the way thru.
Anyway, I was really lucky these guys were in a good mood and did that for me, and to anyone who reads the plug changing threads and thinks it's going to be hard, it's not at all.
oh btw, the change fixed the bucking in the lower rpms under load, for those of you that remember that. I was told it was a fuel filter, but that didn't do it, this did, so i'm happy.
Keep in mind now, I've never changed plugs on anything. I watched my dad change plugs on the old exploder when i was 6, but that's it.
Changed them out and all was well. I started home an hour later and everything was going great until i got to TV highway as it's called, and i started getting a bad misfire. The light was blinking and all. It was about 35* out and POURING down rain. I'm alone, about 75 miles from home, and no one is answering their phones. Anyway, I drive around on 5 cylinders for about an hour, trying to find an autoparts store that wasn't closed. After stopping in to Joe's and asking someone, I went to a Baxters about 8 miles away, got the code read but it wouldn't tell me which cylinder..went to buy a set of wires (assuming that's the only thing it could be considering i just did plugs) but they had none in stock. So i drive down the road another 5 miles or whatever and finally get to a Schucks. Their code reader tells me cylinder 1 and I go to buy a wire, but they only sell in packs, and i only had $26 on me, the wires cost $36. Well after some more talking and after telling them this, they decide to give me the pack for $26! I was like "Sweet!" So I go out in the freezing cold rain in jeans and a t shirt and wind breaker and swap out my cylinder 1 wire. Turns out the old wire was burned almost all the way thru.
Anyway, I was really lucky these guys were in a good mood and did that for me, and to anyone who reads the plug changing threads and thinks it's going to be hard, it's not at all.
oh btw, the change fixed the bucking in the lower rpms under load, for those of you that remember that. I was told it was a fuel filter, but that didn't do it, this did, so i'm happy.
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