Spark plugs

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by fab

After reading Jim's instructions I'm AMAZED. Last week I was at the STEALERSHIP for an alignment and asked how many hours of labor is needed to change sparkplugs. DRUM roll.......2 hours. I kindly passed...

It's an easy D.I.Y. , just follow Jim's(MNBoxster's) instructions and you can do it in 1-1.5 hours tops.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

It's an easy D.I.Y. , just follow Jim's(MNBoxster's) instructions and you can do it in 1-1.5 hours tops.

Hi,

Yea, if you're tapping a cold one in-between each Plug. Takes me 20 min. tops.

I label each CoiPak using Masking Tape 1-6 and remove them all at once. Then switch tools and remove all the Plugs at once, then insert all the new Plugs, torqueing each one, then replace the CoilPaks and torque them.

I jack up one side of the car and place a jackstand under it, this allows me to get under the car with a creeper, and I do have a long 5/8" Sparkplug Socket and a Speed Wrench which helps. And I use a Black & Decker cordless Ratchet to remove the CoilPak Screws which helps, but even using ordinary handtools, it should take no more than 30 min...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

but even using ordinary handtools, it should take no more than 30 min...

I swear whenever I start a project I make it a project within a project. I started to change the spark plugs and found the CoilPaks dirty,so I cleaned them,found dirt lodged in other areas around the working area,cleaned those as well. If I didn't clean everything while I was under there it would have taken 30 minutes or so now that I think about it.