Bruce3966

Well I finally got a day off and decided to start the plugs. 2007 150,000 miles--original plugs. Got the compressor and impact wrench out, vacuumed out the plug canal (lots of dirt in there) and then hit it with the impact and..........so far 2 came out immediately. Then go to put in new coils and the ones the guy sent me are wrong so up to O'Reilly's to get 8 ACCEL COILS I guess. Hope those are fairly good because I need my truck Sunday.

Ready to hit the other 2 towards the back but what sucks is it's impossible to get an impact wrench in there even with a swivel.

Martian

You can do it. I did it with just hand tools (though it took half the day - literally 12hrs).

SCORGE

x2 on the hand tools and time spent. lol Heard both good and bad about ACCEL though, hopefully yours are good.

Bruce3966

5 done and very easy with impact and none broke. That's it for me tonight and will do the last 3 tomorrow--of course those 3 (back 2 passenger side and back 1 drivers side) will take me twice as long as the 5 did just now which was 3 hours.

I have no idea how one gets back to those three to vacuum out the spark plug hole before you pull it--way too much sand etc. in there to not vacuum before pulling the plug. AND then there is no way to get a impact on those even with a swivel. UGH! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

I told my wife and kids to leave the house tomorrow so they won;t hear me cuss up a total storm I am sure.

screamineagle

Congrats on a successful start! I use compressed air to blow out the plug wells. It's more effective than a vacuum. Just make sure you have the safety glasses on lol. Good luck with the final 3 plugs

4.6owner

Are you using any decarbonizer like deep creep and letting it sit for awhile before going at it?

Bruce3966

I am using YEILD. 7 down, 1 to go--guess which one--it's gonna be a bitch. So I worked with a cold engine, a little YIELD and let soak for 5 minutes, a 700lb torque impact wrench (and plenty of swivels) and all 7 came out like crap through a Goose--easy!

SCORGE

Let me guess, back driver side?

Bruce3966

No, that came out easy with 2 swivels. The passenger aft plug is a bitch. I got the coil out and blew out the plug area. Soaked with YEILD and now trying to figure out how to get my impact on there.

Just by chance, others who have done this, do you pull the large computer metal thingy out to gain access to that rear plug--just curious.

SCORGE

Yeah, pull the PCM and mounting bracket. Couple of bolts and that's it. Then use something to keep it out of your way.