Lol I'm lifted 8in on 37's and I still can work on my truck engine without too much issue. The brush guard should make it easier too, now you have a step!

 

It wasn't worth the headache for me. Dealer charged me $530 out the door for changing all 8 (4 broke), and a tranny flush. They quoted $450-550 depending on how many broke, so it was a nice surprise when they wrote up the bill.

Small town dealers tend to be slightly more honest - I'm lucky and have a great dealer that has repeatedly shown me they have no interest in ripping me off if given the chance.

 

Like I said I'm pretty mechanically inclined. I grew up working on mostly atv's but I did all the work on my old 95 f150. Ill probably just do it myself and order the tool.

My second question, what all do you guys change? The coils? Plugs? Cop's?

 

I was close to $2,000 on my first plug change. First, plugs in Canada were about $200 plus the tools which were about another $200. I put it off for a while and then didn't have time to do them myself so I took them to a shop that changed my pops plugs. They broke 3 and replaced 2. I did the 3rd removal myself after hating that shop with a passion and I let them know that they will never get my business again. Then I went to a shop that did my pops plugs the second time. They charged me $900 or something to change out the other 5. Which is astronomical but hey, every single plug broke on my truck.

I have never let any shop touch any of my vehicles until this plug change. And it will be the last time any shop ever touches anything on anything of mine. Anyone that researches long enough can do just about anything to their own vehicle. I just didn't have time to do the work myself and my pops had good luck at these places so I listened. But NEVER AGAIN! It takes a bad experience like this to realize that you are more competent that the people that you trust with your vehicle.

 

I changed the plugs and boots.

 

You're right, you don't know what I have. The sig isn't invisible or anything.

I just rebuilt a 5.4 in an F250 last week and it was the exact same. No magic pixie dust or anything. Bolts go in, bolts come out.


He lied. Heat plus threads = butter. Cold plus threads = tight squeeze, locked down.


They are not a nightmare, they require an $80 tool that nobody buys then complains about when they break a plug, then gets on here and moans when they have to spend $1000 at the dealer to fix it because they tried to cheap out and not buy the tool.

OP: buy the tool, do the job. Don't believe everything you read on the interweb about impossibilities. I can show you in no less than 50 threads on this forum where people believe they have to remove the fuel rail to change a spark plug. OMG.............. Get'er dun! Good luck!

 

My local Ford dealer told me minimum $800, could be up to $1,500. I think I'll be looking elsewhere.

 

the boots should be changed with the plugs. my buddy that's a ford mechanic helped me do mine in his driveway, and we got all 8 out without issue. No pre soak or anything. He impacts them out. He also removes the fuel rails which makes it easier to get the gun in the back to get right angle on the plugs. Then again, I only have 47k on my truck but figured the sooner the better. Now with the anti seize on them the next time should be no problem too.

 

dealer did mine for free but i worked it into the deal before i bought the truck...but going rate at that dealer is 400 bucks provided none break...none broke on my truck but it only had 30K on it when i got them changed in march

 

Well when the time comes, which will hopefully e in a few weeks, ill be doing them myself. I'll be sure to order the tool. Watched a YouTube vid on the tool and how to use it and it didn't look to bad.

I've heard of using some marvels mystery oil in the holes before you try to break them loose?