'99 Ranger 2.5 4cyl Spark Plug Change...
Holy Mary Mother of God-what a freakin' nightmare-you wouldn't think a four cylinder engine would be that BAD to do, but damn are my hands sore and scratched up!!! The two rearward driver's side plugs are unreal!!! Took about a 1/2hr on just each one!!! This engine has "two plugs" per cylinder and is also a non-A/C truck. I could hardly imagine how worse it would have been if my Ranger had A/C!!!
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Paul,
Tell me about it! I changed the passenger side plugs and plugwires 2 days ago. I haven't mustered up the courage to tackle the other side yet. Tim |
Tim, the two front driver's side ones aren't bad, but then again my truck does not have A/C. Those two driver's side rearward ones under the intake plenum are a B_tch!!! Have fun, I know I did.
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My truck does have a/c. Took a while and a few choice words but I finally got them changed, the sad thing is the time is coming up to change them again because it's been about 60k miles since they were last changed.
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I would suggest just removing the upper half of the intake manifold the next time you do it. There are two vaccum connections to disconnect and a couple of wiring plugs. Unbolt the EGR tube and leave everything else in place. It makes the job vastly easier!
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From what I've seen in that intake area, with the proper swivel and whatnot, this doesn't look too terrible of a job. Maybe my fingers are long or whatever, but I reached in at the plugs just fine. I know that doesn't make for the whole story, but I'm hopeful in 11.000ish miles....
Since my mechanic friend changed the plugs before I got the Ranger, I will take his word (and his tools) for it. |
I was going to try this my self then thought better of it and took it to shop I trust.
I watched him change them and no way was I going to get them out with the few tools I have. He used four different wire pullers and the set up of swivels for that drivers rear plug was something. I hope not to have to do it again any time soon as I put in Autolite double platinum plugs, but if I have to do it my self the top half of the intake will come off. |
I took the top half of the intake off. It took 10 mins for the first 6 plugs and 30 mins for the 2 rear, driver side plugs. Not that bad. I'll definitely do it myself instead of paying someone else to do it.
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Originally Posted by natebaker
I took the top half of the intake off. It took 10 mins for the first 6 plugs and 30 mins for the 2 rear, driver side plugs. Not that bad. I'll definitely do it myself instead of paying someone else to do it.
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yes there is
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I just did my plugs last night, although I have the 2.3L version-89 Ranger it was still a pain in the backside, I found that the the plugs were OE along with the wires, the wires still have 1989 on them, th eplugs were really wore out, but none the less a big pain in the backside to do :mad:
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I am NOT looking forward to doing the plugs and wires on my 1999 2.5L Ranger w/AC. I couldn't imagine any plugs being harder than my 1995 Probe GT was, but the ranger ones look like a REAL pain!!
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I just changed mine (96 2.3L, 120k) for the first time. I did the front 3 passenger with no problem using a 6" extension. Fourth was a tight fit against the wall with that extension, but it worked. Front driver's side came out easy, using needle-nose to pull on the the plastic extension. Second driver's side was the only one that required a wobble extension to get the centimeter or so clearance from other parts in line with the angle of the plug.
I did the last two in about 10 minutes using a long pair of needle-nose pliers to pull the boot off using the plastic extension attached to it, pulling it right out through the gaps in the upper intake - the angles on the plugs were designed to make getting to the plugs easy using a couple of extensions (I used 10"+6"). Didn't have to try to squeeze any fingers in there. This is not as bad as it looks! |
:O the gasket has to be replaced when you take the top half off? Crap... It's been 6 months and I haven't had any problems whatsoever out of it. Add that to my list of things to do.
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When i changed plugs on my brother's 1995 Mazda B2300 I had to remove the belt and undo the 4 bolts that hold the A/C compressor on, and move the compressor aside to get the front driver's side plug. The truck had dealer installed A/C though.
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