3sloppydogs
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I have used a 3/8 impact on those plugs. Sometimes it works
He's fearing rounding out the plugs or stripping them - meanwhile - lol - there they stay likely never been out in 16 years coming off the assembly line. Good buddy since grade school; but next time he brings it up as he's done a dozen times I'm tempted to apply an old phrase "**** or get off the pot".I have used a 3/8 impact on those plugs. Sometimes it works
speaking of fords,those triton motors also had the Smallest exhaust bolts ever,made out of tinfoil too.Those ford overhead cam motors are bad with carboned in plugs. The key is to pull them around 50k miles and do a good anti-seize job. Tons of links on the web this subject. If you wait until it starts missing or 100k plus, god help you. Expect to help-coil at least a few.
I've used anti-seize for 50 years and I don't give a $h!t about Toyota or Honda.I agree totally with applying anti-seize.
Seems that I've read that some manufacturers(Toyota, Honda ???) state not to use anti-seize....
Any comments pros/cons out there?
Seen that a few times with A/C Delco plugs. Called them Rattlers .
I've seen several Autolite plugs right out of the box that didn't fire.Back in the day, I once had a plug where the ceramic got loose from the metal. It would rotate a bit. Didn't blow out. Bad glue? Yes, it was a Champion. For other reasons I started trying other plugs. I had very good luck with an Autolite that held up well and then NGK's that did well.
Ed you really don't need new plugs every year unless you just enjoy changing plugs.I don't know that I've ever had a spark plug disassemble itself once in service in an engine.
I've busted one or two wrestling with them and my less than stellar tools and techniques, sure...
The exact Champions the factory put into the '12 Charger R/T and my '04 Ram hemis are what I
still use, no issues.
With the GTX, it gets a fresh set of original , new J11Y Champions every spring. I pay the price
and just do it, knowing those are better built than anything I can find now.
I hunt down the best deal on a new, vintage set of them on eBay and away we go...
Stopped using Champs back in the 80s when they seemed to go to junk, shorting outNot all Anti-Seize is created equal... The reason Honda/Toyota say not to use it is it can effect the quality of the actual spark.... Copper Anti-Seize is accepted by both manufacturers.....
https://www.grainger.com/product/2V...WYZB-nNxGlQwr8pzsNRoC98EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
And back in the 80s I got talked into putting plugs in a Caddilac, girl had bought Bosch Platinums... Car would not start.... I knew I must have done something wrong, rather than change the plugs a second time I ran all sorts of tests.... Couldn't get it going... Eventually screwed the old plugs back in & it fired right up...... So much for an easy job & scoring a few points with the hot girl.....
Haven't used Bosch plugs in anything before or since..
Oh, and yes I've seen a few loose insulators before... Always Champion...
Not all Anti-Seize is created equal... The reason Honda/Toyota say not to use it is it can effect the quality of the actual spark.... Copper Anti-Seize is accepted by both manufacturers.....
https://www.grainger.com/product/2V...WYZB-nNxGlQwr8pzsNRoC98EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
And back in the 80s I got talked into putting plugs in a Caddilac, girl had bought Bosch Platinums... Car would not start.... I knew I must have done something wrong, rather than change the plugs a second time I ran all sorts of tests.... Couldn't get it going... Eventually screwed the old plugs back in & it fired right up...... So much for an easy job & scoring a few points with the hot girl.....
Haven't used Bosch plugs in anything before or since..
Oh, and yes I've seen a few loose insulators before... Always Champion...