Hey fellows. Thank you very much Grog6 for your journal entry on Spark Plug and Wire Replacement . It was very helpful, but I couldn't follow it all the way. I really went half and half on the antisieze because I see its been so controversial for the 4.6, across many forums. I used compressed air at the gas station about a week before the operation to get rid of the PNW pine needles, & canned air for today. The engine was bone cold when I started today. The few rusty bastards took strength to break lose. Im sure some of that rust found its way into the engine after I unplugged them. Even though I didn't torque to specifications, the torque wrench was very helpful in giving more leverage just to remove the few nasty plugs.
I will post the pics of each plug, and maybe someone can chime in with whats going on. I have the haynes book, and believe it or not their scenarios are even worse than these so its not crystal clear whats gone on.
The weather seal on my bird bay, I dont know what its called, but its been pretty much unmounted for years. I wonder if thats putting a bit of water in the wells. The plugs seem fine but the mounts are a bit caked in rust. I snapped the weather seal back into place pretty easily (too easily?). Probably should have done that years ago.
I will do the wires tomorrow I think, or maybe next weekend. Motorcaft plugs, wires. I think I need more dialectric grease. Any tips on how to put them on the boots? Just cake it inside and out? It is nice to have additional hands help with the worm clamps for the air tubing. I bought some conduit because I might continue to route the wires under the alternator. I know some of you folks like to weave them over but I have no clue how to do that.
After the plugs were installed, and finally turning the engine over - the car was vibrating pretty hard. It was scary. I put a few more miles on it and the vibrations are gone, it seems to runs smooth again. Any tips at this point? I almost feel like going into a plug soon and checking if they had backed out at all.
Pics below: I somehow got the back plugs confused as to where they were. One was so bad that it lodged into the plug socket and we had to smack it on the concrete to yank it out. 7/8 of the plugs were gapped below spec, ~.042
Woudlnt you know it, the most accessible plug looks fine. This is at 160,000~. I have no idea when these were last changed, but they were autolites. My wires still say 1996, so I will be happy to swap them. Any thoughts? Love love
I will post the pics of each plug, and maybe someone can chime in with whats going on. I have the haynes book, and believe it or not their scenarios are even worse than these so its not crystal clear whats gone on.
The weather seal on my bird bay, I dont know what its called, but its been pretty much unmounted for years. I wonder if thats putting a bit of water in the wells. The plugs seem fine but the mounts are a bit caked in rust. I snapped the weather seal back into place pretty easily (too easily?). Probably should have done that years ago.
I will do the wires tomorrow I think, or maybe next weekend. Motorcaft plugs, wires. I think I need more dialectric grease. Any tips on how to put them on the boots? Just cake it inside and out? It is nice to have additional hands help with the worm clamps for the air tubing. I bought some conduit because I might continue to route the wires under the alternator. I know some of you folks like to weave them over but I have no clue how to do that.
After the plugs were installed, and finally turning the engine over - the car was vibrating pretty hard. It was scary. I put a few more miles on it and the vibrations are gone, it seems to runs smooth again. Any tips at this point? I almost feel like going into a plug soon and checking if they had backed out at all.
Pics below: I somehow got the back plugs confused as to where they were. One was so bad that it lodged into the plug socket and we had to smack it on the concrete to yank it out. 7/8 of the plugs were gapped below spec, ~.042
Woudlnt you know it, the most accessible plug looks fine. This is at 160,000~. I have no idea when these were last changed, but they were autolites. My wires still say 1996, so I will be happy to swap them. Any thoughts? Love love