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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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Man listen I finally tackled my spark plugs left side was a Bitch wires everywhere right was easy I was lucky and not one plug broke on me but while taking one of my coil packs off I broke the spring and had to shell out another 40 bucks on top of the 110 for spark plugs SMH.... Plus after I changed the coil car wouldn't start thought I needed new starter but just needed to go bring battery to autozone for a charge so overall 4 trips to autozone good thing its right down the road that was my day Haha
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:24 PM
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It is a huge pain.Did you replace with plug part # sp515 so you don't have to worry about breaking them next time?
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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I used motorcraft the most expensive one I heard about ones that are one piece but from what I was reading there was no clear answer to I just bought the 12.99 ones
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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One more thing it didn't seem to solve the slight shake that the truck has been like that for a while just figured it was the plugs I have the 5.4l so I'm guessing they all do that but just wanna make sure
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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Need to change your fuel filter to if you haven't already.
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Did that before the spark plugs about 2 3 months ago but maybe its time for a new one what's the time frame for them its just a shake like as if it was a diesel or something but like I said I don't think it should be doing that
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Same here. Had very noticeable shaking in od at low rpms. Changed spark plugs and it took care of most of it but I still get a little shaking/hesitation in od and stops as soon as it downshifts or the rpms get up a little higher. Other than that it runs very strong. Hopefully someone has a solution. Hasn't thrown a code either
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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I mean when idle it shakes not while running she runs like a dream some shake due to alignment since I put the level on and didnt get one need a rack n pinion before I do all that
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 10:00 PM
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I never use o/d what is it for...
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 10:00 PM
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Fuel filter should be fine. I changed mine thinking it would help but didn't. I also cleaned the throttle body and maf but didnt help. I'm starting to think a bad coil or boot
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