Brandmaner

Okay so I got the tools to attempt this now. Tring as soon as my fiancé gets home from the gym I got a 7mm socket for coil packs and 5/8s socket for plugs

raduque

It's easy-peasy compared to a 5.4 w/original plugs. The driver's side is angled slightly towards the front of the truck, and the passenger side is angled slightly towards the rear of the truck - so it will be a tight fit around the rear-most cylinders on the passenger side.

Brandmaner

Funny you say that our ford dealer wants 400$ for a plug change. And my normal mechanic I used on my older trucks wont even touch it lol!

raduque

Quite a few people don't realize the 4.6 and 5.4 use different plugs. It took me about an hour and a half to change my plugs, and that's because I spent 45 minutes dealing with some buildup in the plug tube on one of the passenger side plugs that kept me from getting the socket on the plug.

CerealKiller

i just changed the plugs and coil packs on my 4.6 a couple weekends ago they are not as hard as i originally expected took me about 2 hours and im a big guy with big hands and didnt have too much of a problems getting to the back plugs on the passenger side i did unbolt the power steering reservoir on the drivers side to get to the front plugs...i also had to deal with a bunch of build up in the plug tubes but mine were on the drivers side. i actually thought the one plug was broke because i couldnt see the nut on the plug but i just took an air hose and blew all that crap out of there lol

Brandmaner

Also my sockets are 7mmr and won't fit the coil pack screws any idea why?

CerealKiller

i used a 1/4" ratchet and a 7mm socket with an extension on the coil packs because the ratchet wouldn't fit under the fuel rails

Brandmaner

Not sure of ratchet size it's my fathers. But I do have a few extensions he lent me with it that are pretty darn skinny!! Here is what the socket I was tring to use looked like but couldn't get it to hold to the but head and stopped so I didn't strip it out.

Brandmaner

Any ideas??? I'm hoping I can get a new 7mm socket today and it fit

Brandmaner

Hit a bump in the road here... Plug one out new one in .. Now I can't get the rubber boot thing to go back down in Bahh am I missing something??