01-21-2013 | #21 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
Looks like the plug socket with the attached swivel, + short extension + another swivel on that...is pretty popular. Interesting how so many came up independantly with a similar solution.
I guess I can still remember changing plugs on my 95 LT1 Vette. Next to that, plugs on the LT5 are child's play! (I once had to jack up the front end on jack stands and get to the #8 from underneith; a real PIA!!) P.
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01-21-2013 | #22 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
Try changing plugs on a 93-02 F-body (Camaro/Firebird) with 1/3 of teh enginbe under the cowl. Y-body guys have it easy on comparison.
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
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Slant plug heads made it a bit easier on the SBC.
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01-21-2013 | #24 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
i've never considered #8 that hard to change
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01-21-2013 | #25 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
Yeah, I haven't either.
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01-22-2013 | #26 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
Exactly. Not much of a challenge really. It's kinda like getting the POS air cleaner screws back in.
10% effort and 90% technique.
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01-22-2013 | #27 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
That's too many angles for me. I take the plug socket plus 2 each 3/8 universals and put small stipps of duct tape to keep them together. Then I use a 3/8 to a 1/4 stepdown and use my 1/4 rachet to install and torque, that's straight in. No harder then the rest. With the universals and the stepdown I can install the plug by hand until ready to tighten.
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
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Seems an awful big too for spark plugs. How much do you tighten those suckers when you put 'em in?
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01-26-2013 | #29 |
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Re: The dreaded #8 plug, improved
Ummmm.... Mebby so, but I can change all 8 on the LT5 before I could barely get a friggin socket on #8 on my LT1. I don't recall if they were angled or not - I wanna say NOT. But, I've slept since then...
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