Damn..damn..damn!!!!

[ChrisOIFdoc]

I bought new plugs and I don't want to put them in!I've had to heli coil two of them in the past year so I only need to replace six. I raised the hood this morning to get started, drank two cups of coffee, stared at it for a while, then decided instead it would be better to find out who designed the heads and whoop his ass six ways to Sunday. After the fifth cup of coffee I shut the hood, said **** it and did the honey do list. Damn damn damn!!! I'm gonna clean the sand out of my ******* and get with it tomorrow.....maybe. I'm tempted to JBweld the ****ers in place!

 

[Vancouver Bob]

Sorry to hear about your pains and sorrows, Chris! I've heard horror stories about plug change overs. Both to my surprise and delight... when I ultimately mustered up and got the sand out of my *******, which was around 180K miles!, the plugs all came out easily. Did both the plugs and the coils. Hardest part was accessing them all and even that wasn't bad. Not sure why it went so easily... I do keep her in the garage and we don't salt the streets here come winter (although they started experimenting with it last year). I know this doesn't help you in any way .

 

[Habbibie]

No hard feelings Chris, if mine needs the plugs changed again I'll just set it on fire instead and save myself the agony.

 

[ChrisOIFdoc]

No hard feelings Chris, if mine needs the plugs changed again I'll just set it on fire instead and save myself the agony.

That's a great idea!

 

[ChrisOIFdoc]

Changed four and got more sand in my *******. Guess I'll change the rest next weekend... maybe. Hopefully this will be my last Triton plug change. It's not that the job is too difficult... It's just that doing it reminds me of how much simpler it used to be.

 

[SnuffThePunkz]

Man, I gotta say I don't know why you guys ***** about spark plugs, ******* idi glow plugs that swell were my bane.

After that these were simple.

 

[ChrisOIFdoc]

Man, I gotta say I don't know why you guys ***** about spark plugs, ******* idi glow plugs that swell were my bane.

After that these were simple.

Yep... that's why I don't work on a ranch and the damned tractors anymore.

 

[Habbibie]

Man, I gotta say I don't know why you guys ***** about spark plugs, ******* idi glow plugs that swell were my bane.

After that these were simple.

Now you know the real reason Rudolf Diesel committed suicide.

 

[sjwelds]

Well, dummy, if you run anything else than motorcraft/beru ZD9 glow plugs, no wonder you had problems! Lol

 

[SnuffThePunkz]

Oh I know, but you can't control what corners the PO cut...

 

[sjwelds]

Unfortunately, no.

 

[eluther3]

No hard feelings Chris, if mine needs the plugs changed again I'll just set it on fire instead and save myself the agony.

Put down the lighter! First time I changed my plugs was HELL! and I ended up having not one but two plugs shoot out of the cylinder holes, requiring a heli coil.

Fast forward years later and I reluctantly decided to change the plugs again after getting a $1300 quote from a mechanic to do the same. Second time was a breeze and even the dreaded #4 plug came out easy