$750+ Plug Change.......maybe!!
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$750+ Plug Change.......maybe!!
SORRY FOR THE LONG POST.....
I purchased a 1998 F250 light duty a bit over a year ago for fire abatement on our cabin in the mountains.
Truck was pretty dirty, dust EVERYWHERE!!!
But with some clean-up, it was a good work truck.
About a month ago it started sputtering.
I figured it was time for at least some new spark plugs.
Bought the plugs and changed to front 2 plugs from each side.
Figured I was just 'too old' to fight with doing the back 2 from each side.
Truck sat for a couple of weeks before the local mechanic came over to do the back plugs.
ALL the plugs had dirt in the plug 'hole'!!
Mechanic did the 2 on the drivers side, but could not do the passenger side!
Sprayed WD-40 and let is soak overnight.
When he came over today I saw him break the 3 cylinder plug.
But after 10 more minutes he told me that he would have to take the cylinder heads off to get the plugs out.
I thanked him, paid him for the work done and told him I would think about it.
After he left I was able to get #3 changed, and got a 'grip' for #4 plug, but need 2 'u-joints' to get to the plug and can't get good torque to break it.
So, is there a 'trick' to get that #4 out??
The second part to this post is that while the truck was sitting in the driveway squirrels (or mice) decided that the engine bay would be a nice place to make a winter home!!
Wires/tubes got chewed!!
Here is what I found chewed....
I believe the wired part is the ignition advance, and have read that it belongs near the drivers side fender, but cannot find any 'loose' wires.
The tube I believe is vacuum tube (passenger firewall), but also do not see the other end of the tube!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I purchased a 1998 F250 light duty a bit over a year ago for fire abatement on our cabin in the mountains.
Truck was pretty dirty, dust EVERYWHERE!!!
But with some clean-up, it was a good work truck.
About a month ago it started sputtering.
I figured it was time for at least some new spark plugs.
Bought the plugs and changed to front 2 plugs from each side.
Figured I was just 'too old' to fight with doing the back 2 from each side.
Truck sat for a couple of weeks before the local mechanic came over to do the back plugs.
ALL the plugs had dirt in the plug 'hole'!!
Mechanic did the 2 on the drivers side, but could not do the passenger side!
Sprayed WD-40 and let is soak overnight.
When he came over today I saw him break the 3 cylinder plug.
But after 10 more minutes he told me that he would have to take the cylinder heads off to get the plugs out.
I thanked him, paid him for the work done and told him I would think about it.
After he left I was able to get #3 changed, and got a 'grip' for #4 plug, but need 2 'u-joints' to get to the plug and can't get good torque to break it.
So, is there a 'trick' to get that #4 out??
The second part to this post is that while the truck was sitting in the driveway squirrels (or mice) decided that the engine bay would be a nice place to make a winter home!!
Wires/tubes got chewed!!
Here is what I found chewed....
I believe the wired part is the ignition advance, and have read that it belongs near the drivers side fender, but cannot find any 'loose' wires.
The tube I believe is vacuum tube (passenger firewall), but also do not see the other end of the tube!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Get some of these magnetic spark plug sockets from matco. I was able to get to all of mine on my 96 with a 460, if i remember, i had to get under the truck to get good leverage on #4 and #8. I also broke the #3 plug off in the head, had to pay a good mechanic $300 to drill and run a tap and clean out the cylinder, but he was able to do it in place after i cut the inner fender well out of the way.
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If the mice/squirrel chewed the wires close to where they first appear I am guessing I will never find them.
Thanks, I will check them out.
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You might get better response in the 1997-2003 F150 forum.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum25/
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum25/
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You might get better response in the 1997-2003 F150 forum.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum25/
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum25/
Darn......I thought I had posted this on that sub-forum!
If an admin sees this maybe they can move it over easily?
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