I'm changing my spark plugs.

[The Mad Monk]

Damn, Dodge really does use gorillas with impact wrenches to install those things.

I needed to put a 4 ft pipe on a breaker bar to loosen the damn thing, and the 2 ft extension I needed to put the socket on was on the brink of doing something unfortunate when the plug finally gave.

I just discovered the boots on the replacement wires I bought for the job are both considerably longer than the OEM boots, and have the connector closer to the opening of boot.

Plugs look good, just worn -- gap is nearly double the original spec, which probably explains my cold/wet starting problems.

I think I'll Just keep the OEM wires -- they appear to be sound, even after seven years and 105,000 miles.

Couple questions:

Do I need to add more dielectric grease if I am not changing out the wires?

How dependable is the reading on a torque wrench?

[Wezil]

1. No idea.

2. Do you have something better in mind?

[Gatekeeper]

I thought 'Poly was mainly populated by computer nerds, not motorheads.

Gatekeeper

[Mr. Harley]

Some people use dielectric grease, some don't. I do, and I believe the manufacturers recommend it. I would assume you would need to use a small amount, unless the gorilla who put on the original plugs also used enough grease for a certain kind of sex. Then you won't.

A good torque wrench is quite accurate. A cheap one can be terrible. Check online, if I remember correctly hand tighten until it is snug, it's like a quarter or half a turn past that. Somebody has got to have that old tip online. However, I have a good torque wrench I've used for fifteen years so I've lost the touch.

BTW - I also break my wheel nuts loose too, and then retighten to whatever the specs say, usually 90 someodd foot-pounds. If you are stuck in the middle of the night with a flat tire, in pouring rain, while jumping up and down and the lug wrench (and slipping off and scraping your hands), well, you finally get enough adrenalin toe break the f**ker loose. It's MUCH easier when the lug nuts are not tightened to 200 foot pounds.

[Richelieu]

Re: I'm changing my spark plugs.

How dependable is the reading on a torque wrench?

Who made it?

[JohnT]

/me waits for Che to make copycat "Changing my hair plugs" thread.

[chequita guevara]

I'm not bald.

[JohnT]

See? They work!

(I couldn't think of any old-fart Polytoners in making that statement other than you and I, and since I have all my hair that left you. Mighty big o' me, huh? )

Awww, shiite. Lefty. Forgot about Lefty.

[Kuciwalker]

And Ming and rah... [/banned]

[JohnT]

Oh, dammit.

You're absolutely right.

A thousand apologies to Che. Anyway, his hairplugs look fantastic. Almost like the real thing!

[Japher]

JohnT waits for Che to make copycat "Changing my hair plugs" thread

Much better than JohnT's "Changing my butt plug" thread a few years ago after his parents got done reaming him...

[St Leo]

I'm changing my spark plugs.

Surely, you must be mad, Monk.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Japher


Much better than JohnT's "Changing my butt plug" thread a few years ago after his parents got done reaming him...

See if I ever start a thread asking about your sorry ass again!

[Kuciwalker]

Please don't start a thread asking about my ass either.

[Japher]

Don't worry Kuci, this is a family site.