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Old 09-02-2013, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by FordFasha2013
Just have to squeeze and pull kinda like the coils but no red lock.
Yeah, I finally figured it out last night. Will be putting in a set of SP-534s gapped to .030.
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Originally Posted by ceh527
Yeah, I finally figured it out last night. Will be putting in a set of SP-534s gapped to .030.
I gapped my stock plugs yesterday and was pretty easy...gaping was kind of a pain cause so small and adjusting can be pain unless u have all the right tools.
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Swapped them out yesterday with new SP-534s at .030. Was fairly easy once you get the hang of it and can contort yourself (and make the sacrifice to the knuckle gods before gloving up) to get at the back two. All of the COPs came off really easily, didn't replace the boots (they all looked good), and 4/6 of the plugs were in very tight. I was hoping to see some variance in the gaps but all from the factory were right around .035-.037 - did find a plug with two cracks in the insulation, so it was a seemingly good exercise to change them all out.
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Originally Posted by ceh527
Swapped them out yesterday with new SP-534s at .030. Was fairly easy once you get the hang of it and can contort yourself (and make the sacrifice to the knuckle gods before gloving up) to get at the back two. All of the COPs came off really easily, didn't replace the boots (they all looked good), and 4/6 of the plugs were in very tight. I was hoping to see some variance in the gaps but all from the factory were right around .035-.037 - did find a plug with two cracks in the insulation, so it was a seemingly good exercise to change them all out.
How many miles on ur truck ?
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Mid-33,000 miles. When I get home I'll post some pics of the plugs I took out, but they all looked really good - except, of course, for the cracks.
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Is this the right plug fellas?
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Is this the right plug fellas?
Yup. U just wanna gap them to .030 for best results. I gapped mine this weekend and def runs smoother.
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Most guys stated the 534's came gapped at .030 out of the box. Not sure where this .035 info is coming from. Now I'll have to double check the 534's I just installed
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Originally Posted by sluggo1
Most guys stated the 534's came gapped at .030 out of the box. Not sure where this .035 info is coming from. Now I'll have to double check the 534's I just installed
Mine came gapped at .030 but I narrowed them down to .028, just as several others have done.
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Wow! I know what I'm going to do now when I get some free time! What poor quality control with the gaping.


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