plug wire clips
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plug wire clips
This might sound like a dumb question, but how exactly do you get the cable ties for the spark plug wires open? I have a 2000 ranger 3.0 and for the life of me I can't figure it out. A diagram would be wonderful.
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The ties, that route the spark plug wires over and around the intake manifold, typically three wires for the first 2 clamps/ties/clasps/holders whatever you want to call them, then 2 for the next one, and finally a single wire through the last one and then onto the spark plug. They're just plastic deals that route the spark plug wires so that they keep out of the way and I would assume so that they don't get burned on the exhaust and intake manifolds.
It's a little too late for a pic of them, but you can't miss them, if you've ever had to change your wires you would have had to removed them first.
It's a little too late for a pic of them, but you can't miss them, if you've ever had to change your wires you would have had to removed them first.
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Oh yeah I've seen those, I have them as well, it's been forever since I did my plugs lemme go have a look.
Hmm...on my truck there are no cable ties or anything, they're just little press-in sorta clips, the wires just press into a clip that is roughly the size of the wire.
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Zach
Hmm...on my truck there are no cable ties or anything, they're just little press-in sorta clips, the wires just press into a clip that is roughly the size of the wire.
RP
Zach
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Originally Posted by Dan Robertson
If it is a cable tie, just cut it and replace it with a new one. Good luck, Dan
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It doesn't sound like people leave those on after changing the plug wires.
But still, how do you open them? I'd like to keep mine, they keep the plug wires all nice and tidy
But still, how do you open them? I'd like to keep mine, they keep the plug wires all nice and tidy
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That's really the question, WHERE did you pry them? I know where the hinge is, but there are like 3 clips on the wire router and none of them are in the same general vincinity. Did you just basically rip it open with the screwdriver or is there some pressure point?
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Originally Posted by RangerPilot
Anybody got a picture of these? That's definetly not what's on my truck.
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Originally Posted by eigenvector
I'll try to post it when I get back home tonight. I honestly didn't think this would be such a big todo, but I guess threads take on a life of their own.
Like the performance debate between two of our members that ended up gettin' it's own thread lol.
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