Well my hat is off to anyone who changed their own spark plug *wires. I spent three maybe four hours yesterday attempting to change mine. Ive got more knuckles skinned that not, not to mention swollen wrists. Damn those a/c lines. Anyways, is there an easy way to get the 3rd plug *wirein, other than patience. Its the one on the bottom left middle when laying on top. I got all the rest. I tried the cold beer trick, tonight i might have to try hard liquor, my hands are pretty raw. Thanks in advance.

 

Hopefully my wires will be here soon. I'll let you know. I'm thinking a set of long reach 90 deg. needle nose pliers might be helpful at some point. Usually patience and a little creativity are the best things you can have. As soon as you get frustrated and start throwing stuff, that's when you know it's time for a break. You could always grab the nearest kid around with small hands and arms, they usually like to get dirty.

 

Passenger side doesnt look that bad, Ive had worse. What kind of deal did you score for the wires?

 

There's a nifty tool at sears that may be of some help. Ask for a spark plug wire wrench. It is a scissor like tool with rubber grips on the end.

 

Thanks for the ideas ill be making a trip to sears after work. Patience is definatly your best friend. I dont have kids so thats out. However, my girlfriend is pretty small, might take some coercion to get her help though.

I got my wires from www.apexperformance.netfor $70 before the price went up. I think they might still be under $100.

 

I just replaced mine in 1.5 hr. That was with really taking my time and helping a buddy replace his brakes at the same time. I found that I had totake offall of the old wiresfrom the coil first, ( rather than replacing one wire at a time like you should do) so that I had plenty of room to install the new bottom wires. I don't think that I could have done it one wire at a time. It also helped a lot to unclip the wiring harness running along the firewalland move it out of the way.

 

www.apexperformance.net has 8mm for $83 and 8.5mm for $106...im leaning towards the 8.5mm. Has anybody ran these?

 

anybody running 8mm?

 

Run the 8mm, the 8.5's wont fit in the factory wire holders.

 

that was one of my concerns...but if the 8.5mm add more MPG it might be worth getting new wire holders.