new spark plugs

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:22 pm

The guy said the only ones they have that fit my car are autolite double platinum. So i got them... a tool for it and one of those gapper things. He told me to gap it at .044.

Im going to put them in when my engine cools off.

Should i disconnect the battery?

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:24 pm

i hope you bought the grease for the plugs if not good luck trying to get them off down the line.

nick

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:28 pm

I did... and the plugs i got already have alot of greese

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:35 pm

Damnit.. the tool the guy gave me is for the boot.. now what the hells the point of that? the boot comes right out

and how do you gap them?

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:38 pm

you have to use a special tool to remove the plugs? I thought you could just use a wrench.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:39 pm

well you cant really get in there with a wrench

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:43 pm

you have to buy the socket for sparkplugs. it usualle comes with any socket wrench kit that you buy. as for the gap no clue i bought the bosch platinum 4's that don't need the gap to be set.

nick

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:48 pm

lanos2001 wrote:you have to buy the socket for sparkplugs. it usualle comes with any socket wrench kit that you buy. as for the gap no clue i bought the bosch platinum 4's that don't need the gap to be set.

nick

thats what i wanted to buy but the guy said they wont fit my car

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:49 pm

i would take them back and buy the platinum fours. tell the guy that if they won't fit then you'll shove up nick's ass

(i hope they fit.)
but i did it and Delphis just did them too.

nick

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:55 pm

what kinda cars do you two have?

I have the forenza.. the guy told me his computer says they wont fit... i told him i was told they fit. He looked at me like i was stupid, lol. Then he said the threat depths/lengths and all sorts of things like taht could be different

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:01 pm

i retract my previous statement on the whole "up my ass? thing then. i keep forgetting you have a forenza. i'm gonna look up on bosches website to see whats up. kit you back in a few.

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:07 pm

actually I haven't done mine yet, apparently I need to get the special socket for spark plugs. but I will go home and do it tonight.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:11 pm

wow i looked in the toolbox and we have like 5 or 6 spark plug revomal sockets. Only one is less than like 20 years old though

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:18 pm

okay well apparently that guy was right. i looked it up on the net and as of right now only the autolite will work for the forenza. sorry for the confusion

nick

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:21 pm

as long as the autolite works. Lol.

I dont understand really how the plug socket works... what part of the plug does it grasp? It has like a rubber thing in it and it said its ment for 13/16ths