Coil Pack Relocation (For much easier access)
#12
05-20-2011, 11:07 PM
I hear you..i too have thought about relocating it..but like every other thing on these trucks is just plain " F$cking stupid" so i would have to rebuild and relocate everything on this truck....I think they had in mind that they where catering to rich people who dont work on there trucks so why not make it time consuming to be able to bill $$$$ for a stupid task a blind monkey could do...
Anyway. I did my daughters about 4 months ago and did not remover anything...Yes, i am a lazy *** and hate to conform to something so F$cking stupidly designed and let them win.. I layed a moving blanket foled over 3 times so it was super paded on top of the engine. I had a diagram of the coil pack and it went pretty quick. I took a large screwdriver and poped off the wire ends at the coil starting at the top and working my way to the bottom. I then reversed by starting at the bottom out side and worked left to right one by one.It was a little tight but took me no more than 15 minutes . You have to lay on top of the engine on the blanket when you are doing this. pretty easy.. Give it a try and i did at night so it wasnt 100 degrees out...
Have fun, Chris
Anyway. I did my daughters about 4 months ago and did not remover anything...Yes, i am a lazy *** and hate to conform to something so F$cking stupidly designed and let them win.. I layed a moving blanket foled over 3 times so it was super paded on top of the engine. I had a diagram of the coil pack and it went pretty quick. I took a large screwdriver and poped off the wire ends at the coil starting at the top and working my way to the bottom. I then reversed by starting at the bottom out side and worked left to right one by one.It was a little tight but took me no more than 15 minutes . You have to lay on top of the engine on the blanket when you are doing this. pretty easy.. Give it a try and i did at night so it wasnt 100 degrees out...
Have fun, Chris
Great nothing like the image of humping my engine bay!!! Since I'm pulling my engine I'm going to do my best to move these coils to a better location. I'll keep you posted on my creativity. One coil fits nicely between the plenum runners, to bad I have a left over coil!!!
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05-21-2011, 03:22 AM
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To begin with, I don't really understand why everyone is so hell fired up to change their plug wires anyway. I went 100,000 miles and never had a single coil pack or plug wire problem. These are things that you normally do not mess with much. The position of the coil packs, I suspect, has something to do with protection during river fording.
Now, any of you might think you know a better place but based on what?
Even if you did, if you had more experience and expertise and were smarter than all of the people that work at Land Rover - well first you'd have to figure out where you were going to move the packs to. Then you'd have to adapt or fabricate a mount after which you'd have to splice in and extend the two engine harness connectors. Then there would be the plug leads themselves. Unless you were some sort of mathematical genius and had figured out an ideal new mounting position so that ALL of the ignition wires for a standard Discovery would perfectly reach all of the intended spark plugs you'd have to fabricate a custom set, along with supports and guides.
So after all of that work and expense you finally have the coil packs in an accessible position with new wires and guess what....nothing ever went wrong with them, you never needed that easy access.
What's the point?
Now, any of you might think you know a better place but based on what?
Even if you did, if you had more experience and expertise and were smarter than all of the people that work at Land Rover - well first you'd have to figure out where you were going to move the packs to. Then you'd have to adapt or fabricate a mount after which you'd have to splice in and extend the two engine harness connectors. Then there would be the plug leads themselves. Unless you were some sort of mathematical genius and had figured out an ideal new mounting position so that ALL of the ignition wires for a standard Discovery would perfectly reach all of the intended spark plugs you'd have to fabricate a custom set, along with supports and guides.
So after all of that work and expense you finally have the coil packs in an accessible position with new wires and guess what....nothing ever went wrong with them, you never needed that easy access.
What's the point?
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#14
05-21-2011, 08:12 AM
the point..
To begin with, I don't really understand why everyone is so hell fired up to change their plug wires anyway. I went 100,000 miles and never had a single coil pack or plug wire problem. These are things that you normally do not mess with much. The position of the coil packs, I suspect, has something to do with protection during river fording.
Now, any of you might think you know a better place but based on what?
Even if you did, if you had more experience and expertise and were smarter than all of the people that work at Land Rover - well first you'd have to figure out where you were going to move the packs to. Then you'd have to adapt or fabricate a mount after which you'd have to splice in and extend the two engine harness connectors. Then there would be the plug leads themselves. Unless you were some sort of mathematical genius and had figured out an ideal new mounting position so that ALL of the ignition wires for a standard Discovery would perfectly reach all of the intended spark plugs you'd have to fabricate a custom set, along with supports and guides.
So after all of that work and expense you finally have the coil packs in an accessible position with new wires and guess what....nothing ever went wrong with them, you never needed that easy access.
What's the point?
Now, any of you might think you know a better place but based on what?
Even if you did, if you had more experience and expertise and were smarter than all of the people that work at Land Rover - well first you'd have to figure out where you were going to move the packs to. Then you'd have to adapt or fabricate a mount after which you'd have to splice in and extend the two engine harness connectors. Then there would be the plug leads themselves. Unless you were some sort of mathematical genius and had figured out an ideal new mounting position so that ALL of the ignition wires for a standard Discovery would perfectly reach all of the intended spark plugs you'd have to fabricate a custom set, along with supports and guides.
So after all of that work and expense you finally have the coil packs in an accessible position with new wires and guess what....nothing ever went wrong with them, you never needed that easy access.
What's the point?
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05-21-2011, 05:43 PM
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#18
05-21-2011, 06:28 PM
no. but it is in the same place as the coil pack on the older engine. the distributor was in the front. could be worse though... the older jeep grand cherokees with the v8 had the distributor in the back, up underneath the cowl. talk about a fun cap and rotor replacement.
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#19
05-21-2011, 10:22 PM
I never thought I'd generate such excitement on this post, Good Stuff!!!
Yes, the igition coil and plug wire are not high failure items. I've too have had my original wires on my 04' for 80K with no issue, but I will change them this time around.
In my opinion, it is easier to pull the plenum and replace the coil and wires then try and complete the job with the plenum installed. This is from seeing how difficult it is to pull the coil out with the plenum off.
Yes, the igition coil and plug wire are not high failure items. I've too have had my original wires on my 04' for 80K with no issue, but I will change them this time around.
In my opinion, it is easier to pull the plenum and replace the coil and wires then try and complete the job with the plenum installed. This is from seeing how difficult it is to pull the coil out with the plenum off.
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09-19-2023, 10:10 AM
