Changing Spark Plugs!

[sxc_skylinee]

jeez guys thanks for all the info with changing the spark plugs was going to make a new forum n start asking but here i found it

cheers

[mark_sudakov]

Thought i would just ask here. The hose that goes across the cover to get to the spark plugs, what would be the right name of it and even better where can i buy one?

Last time i changed the spark plugs, the hose was very hard, so i thought it might break, or is that normal?

[Birds]

Dunno the technical name for it, it's just the intake plenum piping. Throttle body piping?

Also I'm aware the other posts are years old, but if you want an easy way to insert new spark plugs: just disconnect the extension and socket from the ratchet, place the spark plug in the end of the socket and screw it in by hand using the extension without the ratched attached. That way you don't go threading the spark plug and it's not as hit and miss with trying to screw it in.

[stimps]

theres no need to do them up very tight, just nice and firm, put a little alloy antisieze or copper antisieze on them too if you can (just a little) so they wont jamn up next time you take them out. I gapped mine at 0.7mm i found it to be even better than 0.8mm. Make sure your coils are CLEAN and dry, use metho spirits to clean them, and if they have any carbon tracks or cracks, you can try taping them up insulation tape to get them working again, or just replace them.

To see which one is misfiring, have the engine idling with the cover off. (just tie the ignition module to the side with cable ties and plug it all back together) and one by one unplug and replug in each coil. when you notice one that DOES NOT change the engine rpm, THATS the one that is failing to fire. If its just breaking down at high revs...then its a bit harder to find the problem. Many nights have been spent swapping and trying coils to see which one was slightly faulty. Sometimes its better to just cough up the 600 bux and buy a new set of spitfire coils if a intermitten problem is hard to get rid off.

Important thing, do NOT be tempted to spray the area with inox or wd 40 in humid climates. It just gives somewhere for carbon tracking to form, leading to cracked and blacked coils, which gives you missfired.

clean the coils with CO cleaner or metho and a CLEAN rag.

and yer, dont drop a bolt down the hole lol