torque wrench
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torque wrench
Howdy. Lurker, first time poster. Will be doing a plug change soon on my 2000 f350 few and have read all I can, but I could not find an answer to one question I had. On the V10, is there enough room, especially on the rear plugs, to get a clear, straight-on view of the needle on a beam-type inch/pound torque wrench? I have a clicker foot/pound wrench but it is too far out of the range of the 14 foot/pound (168 inch/pound) that I plan to use. I have, in my admittedly limited experience, found the beam wrenches very accurate - if you don't run into the parallax view problem.
Thanks, fellas
Thanks, fellas
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I think you should be able to view it fine if you get your whole body up over the engine. It will be a challenge to get the correct clocking on the swing of the wrench but you can do it by manipulating the socket and extension around on the square drives of the wrench and extension.
Before I did mine, my research showed me to torque them to more around 20 ft/lbs. There were a few stories of fellas getting burned using factory torque specs and using the factory torque specs is considered by many to be the number one cause of the spark plug problems on the earlier modulars.
Also I found a magnetic spark plug socket with integral wobble extension to be a very handy tool to have during this operation.
Before I did mine, my research showed me to torque them to more around 20 ft/lbs. There were a few stories of fellas getting burned using factory torque specs and using the factory torque specs is considered by many to be the number one cause of the spark plug problems on the earlier modulars.
Also I found a magnetic spark plug socket with integral wobble extension to be a very handy tool to have during this operation.
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Thanks, guys, for the advice. I had noticed on archived messages the wide disparity in torque suggestions. The 28 foot pound some suggest seemed really high, and I had read where others felt the factory 11-14 was not enough. Sounds reasonable to split the difference at 20 pounds. I'll do that and recheck in a couple months. I'll give my beam wrench a try too. Thanks for taking the time to school a new guy. Bill
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@bigskymck plenty of room for a beam torque wrench, some even go as far as removing the AC bracket.
I will suggest some Gearwrench sparkplug socket extensions as well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000N...VJ7859ANQNR30Y
I will suggest some Gearwrench sparkplug socket extensions as well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000N...VJ7859ANQNR30Y
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