Am i juss supose to yank off the wire then unscrew it???

 

Don't yank it (he he), grab the boot and twist back & forth as you're pulling on it. Then yeh, get a deep well socket (13/16, is it? I forget now...) and carefully break them loose. If you jerk on the ratchet too hard and break one off in the rotor housing, we'll let you start a new thread

 

13/16 inches or 20.6 mm

 

13/16 plug sockets will become your best friend....

They're pretty simple to get out once you get your hand down through all the **** on the side of the motor.

 

I personally find it easier to put the socket over the plug and then put attach the ratchet, as opposed to putting the whole assembly down at once.

-=Russ=-

 

the two trailing and leading 1 are easy. leading 2 always give me problems.

 

Using a ratchet with a swiveling head helps a lot getting those bastards out.

 

Ya never get too old do ya Wayne...

 

They were all fairly easy for me to get to.... but then again I'm a skinny 16 year old bastard.

 

Another great tool is the stubby 3/8" rachet. It's easy to work with down in that area. You may need to break them loose with a regular rachet if they have been overtightened, or not changed for a while, but getting them out is easy with the short handle. Same as installation....easy.

 

Heck, I just break 'em loose with the ratchet, then remove the ratchet and spin 'em out with the socket. And I'm a skinny 38 year old bastard, lol...

No, Hermit, we never get too old, that's why we stick with our 7's- to keep the adrenaline going to feel young again...

It amazes me we got a "how to remove your spark plugs" thread that's gonna hit page 2 here soon

 

Let's hit 2 pages.
I wouldn't be too concerned over the excess use of anti-seize creating poor plug grounding. You'll have more than enough through the plug/washer against the housing.

 

Hermit's Method of Spark Plug Removal:

1. Get necessary tools. For me this means every single socket and wrench combination that could even remotely fit.

2. Randomize the socket sizes I use to try to see if they fit. Why go in order from smallest or biggest or the opposite, that's not fun.

3. Find one that works.

4. Hurt myself during one of the random actions involved with getting a wrench down in there, getting it on the plug, and turning it.

5. Drop the spark plug.

6. Knock over the random bottle of fluid I had sitting on my engine for some reason and watch as it drains straight into my engine block.

7. Cry.

8. Pretend everything is ok, and reassemble the car.

9. Job well done, alcohol time.

 

Yes, but...Where do you think the excess anti-seize goes as you're threading in the plug? Against the very crush washer you're refering to. Don't want to argue this point too much, though- personal preference, if you want to use it, by all means use it

Still on page 1???

Lol Hermit- are you sure the "alcohol time" wasn't before the spark plug change adventure?

 

sounds so familiar with my friends car

 

Edit: "More alcohol time"

 

that sounds like the 1st time i changed my oil

 

Hermit's Procedure for Oil Changing:

1. Take the bolt off the oil pan.

2. Watch all the oil drain onto the ground.

3. Put a pan for the oil to drain into on top of the puddle of oil.

4. Scoop some oil from the ground into the pan and pretend it was there all along.

5. Put oil in the engine.

6. Check under the car for leaks.

7. Replace the bolt on the oil pan.

8. Put more oil in the engine.

9. Overfill the oil.

10. Repeat 1-8.

11. Get more alcohol.

 

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