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Heat Seeker WS6
03-20-2007, 12:23 AM
LT1 = OWNED!
1.5 hours to change all 8... and no bloodshed! WITHOUT removing anything but the positive bat terminal. :banana1:
It was feeling a bit rough yesterday and after seafoaming it last weekend so figued Id pull a plug after work & look at it, and yep..time to chuck them!
Thanks Josh WhitethunderZ28 for the hand!
Korndogg
03-20-2007, 12:41 AM
congrats!!!!!
97z2801ss
03-20-2007, 01:17 AM
Fast time bro congrats
Beagle
03-20-2007, 03:38 AM
you cheated you cant have help doing them! j/k nice time though. every time i do mine theres always blood lol!
SlowStee
03-20-2007, 06:32 AM
John, when you comin over man?!??
Poncho
03-20-2007, 09:58 AM
you poor guys, it takes like 20 min when the motor isn't buried under the cowl.
Breecher_7
03-20-2007, 10:06 AM
I used to be able to do it in less then 45 mins, I made a special tool to get that one stubborn bastard!!!!
brownc00
03-20-2007, 01:38 PM
Last time I did it, it took me at least 2 hours and I had turtle's small girl-like hands getting the hard to get ones! 45 mins is an awesome time!
Firefighter Z
03-20-2007, 06:42 PM
No problem John ;)

Yeah it was pretty quick, John did the brunt of the work, I just basically fed the plugs to him and he would wrench them in.

Sounds and feels alot better now, I won't use seafoam again though, but thats just me.
Heat Seeker WS6
03-20-2007, 06:48 PM
No problem John ;)

Yeah it was pretty quick, John did the brunt of the work, I just basically fed the plugs to him and he would wrench them in.

Sounds and feels alot better now, I won't use seafoam again though, but thats just me.

that was funny passing the tools & flashlight THROUGH the engine bay from top to underneith. Thankyou tubular K-member:headbang
Firefighter Z
03-20-2007, 07:15 PM
Yeah to many gaps in the engine bay increases the chance of you getting hit by your own tools though LOL!
WhiteZCamaro
03-20-2007, 10:23 PM
Yeah they are definitly a pain in the ass...i think i did mine in about an hour last time i did them. And of course with a whole ton of swearing!!
1997 Trans-Am
03-21-2007, 10:34 AM
did you do it with stock manifolds?? it took me 8 hours to do mine the first time. now its like 20-25 minutes with long tube headers :D
GRM-REPR
03-21-2007, 12:38 PM
LT1 = OWNED!
1.5 hours to change all 8... and no bloodshed! WITHOUT removing anything but the positive bat terminal. :banana1:
It was feeling a bit rough yesterday and after seafoaming it last weekend so figued Id pull a plug after work & look at it, and yep..time to chuck them!
Thanks Josh WhitethunderZ28 for the hand!

You never changed the plugs after seafoaming it?! Carbon builds up and heat coats itself to the electrodes and can make the car run like ass. We had to replace the plugs at Ford after using their version of what you know as Seafoam, and of course changing the oil, unless customers wanted to have wiped bearings too:banana1:

Those plugs on LT1's suck! I got six of them and my younger brother got the other 2 that my gorrila palms couldn't get to when I had my 97' T.A....good job...
xxsn0blindxx
03-21-2007, 01:50 PM
Last time I did it, it took me at least 2 hours and I had turtle's small girl-like hands getting the hard to get ones! 45 mins is an awesome time!

LOL at Turtle's girl-like hands.
Heat Seeker WS6
03-21-2007, 06:44 PM
You never changed the plugs after seafoaming it?! Carbon builds up and heat coats itself to the electrodes and can make the car run like ass. We had to replace the plugs at Ford after using their version of what you know as Seafoam, and of course changing the oil, unless customers wanted to have wiped bearings too:banana1:

Those plugs on LT1's suck! I got six of them and my younger brother got the other 2 that my gorrila palms couldn't get to when I had my 97' T.A....good job...

I took the car out for a 100 mile drive after the seafoam and then changed the oil & filter- pitch black. The car sat all week & then did the plugs after the drive to/from Stockys on Sunday so that was another 70 miles approx on the car since seafoam. But it was definately running rougher & rougher. Those plugs were FUBAR.
GRM-REPR
03-21-2007, 11:19 PM
Yes the Seafoam destroys the plugs, thats why we told customers to expect a tune-up with the Ford service.

Where did you get your Seafoam by chance? I actually have trouble finding it...?
Korndogg
03-21-2007, 11:24 PM
farm and fleet sells it
Heat Seeker WS6
03-21-2007, 11:45 PM
Found it at Autozone on Hwy T in Waukesha
spindler27
03-22-2007, 09:15 AM
damn, i guess im the lucky one, it takes me about 5 minutes on a bad day! the fact its a dohc 4 banger has nothing to do with it though...haha

but i have changed plugs on my buddies ls1 camaro and that was a ***** so i can feel your pain, an hour and a half for spark plugs would just suck