Hurlz07Tahoe
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I'm sure by now someone has posted about this before. But I felt the need to share. I changed my spark plugs and wires this weekend. What I thought was going to be a 40 min job turned in to a 2.5 hour job! The #8 Cylinder spark plug is ALMOST impossible to get a socket and wrench on. I have the cuts and bruises to prove it! I ended up realizing that I could reach it from below, with some (only very little) access from in the wheel well with the wheel turned full left and the inner wheel well liner pulled down.
At the end, I used the 5/8" 1/4" drive spark plug socked, then I was able to slip on a knuckle, with an 8 inch extension, then a 4 inch extension, then my wrench, all while lying on my back under the truck. You have to slip it in between the catalytic converter, some tubing, some heat shielding, and finally to your engine-spark plug.
FYI - My old plugs (after 96k miles) were fairly gunked up. One had some build up at the tip. I can see the slight improvement with the new wires and plugs. I went with what Autozone had which was AC Delco plugs and Bosch wires.
At the end, I used the 5/8" 1/4" drive spark plug socked, then I was able to slip on a knuckle, with an 8 inch extension, then a 4 inch extension, then my wrench, all while lying on my back under the truck. You have to slip it in between the catalytic converter, some tubing, some heat shielding, and finally to your engine-spark plug.
FYI - My old plugs (after 96k miles) were fairly gunked up. One had some build up at the tip. I can see the slight improvement with the new wires and plugs. I went with what Autozone had which was AC Delco plugs and Bosch wires.