TomT

I have read the tales of woe and bloody knuckles while changing the spark plugs, and have dreaded the task. So finally, today, after 38k miles and 6 years since new, I changed them and it wasn't bad at all. Here are the 3 things that made the change very easy.
1. I rotated each plug wire a quarter turn at the plug to break the seal. Then, they came off easily.
2. I removed the left side plastic coil cover (aka valve cover). Only after getting my one and only cut.
3. I removed the plumbing between the second and third cylinder on the drivers side, and set it up out of the way. Only 2 bolts here, but it made the rear 2 plugs on the drivers side a breeze.
Total time 1 hour. Not too bad.

csexton

Good job.

Chuck

mrm1149

good tips

screw991le

The "double swivel" makes the job easier. Sears has them for under 10 bucks.

moserbe

Thanks for the tips.

TimeCr0ss

This post is getting bookmarked. I'm sure I'll be doing this soon...

Autoworker

I'm curious to see if you were missing any of the platnum pucks on the electrodes of the plugs. I changed mine at 50,000 and had several missing. Also the gap was pretty big on most of them if I remember.

z06Bigbird

I thought these plugs were good for 100k!

mhdi22

Good tips.............thanks.

TomT

No missing pucks. Gaps were about 60 thou.
I put Bosch +4 plugs in. No gapping necessary. Will see how they last.

Vetteman Jack

Congrats on getting them changed. Good tips you mention.

AC54ME

They are.