El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 04/11/15 07:27 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 07:27 PM Did mine for the first time a couple months back. Thought I'd just duck outside for 20 minutes to do the plugs and coils. Crossover off first. Then dropped the last plug cover bolt and it landed in the fan shroud (magnet tool would have been handy at that point). Took undertray off bumper to fish out bolt and thought while it's off should replace the blown fog globe. Took a bit longer than 20 mins, and was 2 degrees outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 04/11/15 09:51 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 09:51 PM MASH is on TV right now.Now I'm thinking that the hothead nurse, Hotlips Hoolihan, is a bit of a looker.Getting old. Bugger.Beefcurtains Hoolihan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/11/15 10:09 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 10:09 PM Enjoyed some of the hyperbole used in this thread about the number 6 plug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/11/15 11:03 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:03 PM I'm confused as to what's so hard about #6?I use 4 tools-BluePoint Slim Line Spark Plug socket 6" Snap-On Wobble Extension,3/8 Drive Long Handle Snap On RatchetBlue Point Mag Tool.Lower the socket onto the PlugLower the extensions into the Plug Recess and Engage the SocketEngage the Ratchet drive into the ExtensionLoosen PlugRemove SocketSpin plug Up using extensionOnce Clear of Thread Lift the Whole Shenbang out.If it's taking you longer than a minute to R&I #6 plug you either A:Should give up on mechanicingB: You don't have the right tools 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/11/15 11:17 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:17 PM lol "A" applies to a few "ford mechanics" around here.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/11/15 11:19 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:19 PM I'm confused as to what's so hard about #6?I use 4 tools-BluePoint Slim Line Spark Plug socket 6" Snap-On Wobble Extension,3/8 Drive Long Handle Snap On RatchetBlue Point Mag Tool.Lower the socket onto the PlugLower the extensions into the Plug Recess and Engage the SocketEngage the Ratchet drive into the ExtensionLoosen PlugRemove SocketSpin plug Up using extensionOnce Clear of Thread Lift the Whole Shenbang out.If it's taking you longer than a minute to R&I #6 plug you either A:Should give up on mechanicingB: You don't have the right toolsWith all of those tools you use, surely most people would be in situation B, not A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/11/15 11:25 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:25 PM All those tools? a Socket, an Extension, a Rachet and a Magnet?yeah heaps of tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,053 Member For: 16y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/11/15 11:32 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:32 PM I was referring to the "right tools", not the "quantity of tools"...I figured the point of you mentioning the brand names of the tools (and knowing that we'd know that said brand names are not cheap and often of a high quality) was to say that these brand names are the "right tools". Most people would not have these brands for such tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/11/15 11:40 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:40 PM Brand is irrelevantRatchet $41.00http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/251713809883?limghlpsr=true&hlpht=true&ul_noapp=true&hlpv=2&chn=ps&lpid=107&ops=true&viphx=1Extension (Set) $12.50http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/like/271918822546?limghlpsr=true&hlpht=true&ul_noapp=true&hlpv=2&chn=ps&lpid=107&ops=true&viphx=1Plug Socket $12.10https://www.gettoolsdirect.com.au/kincrome-socket-spark-plug-3-8-drive-5-8-16mm-mirror-polished-k2953.html?gdftrk=gdfV26854_a_7c442_a_7c1200_a_7c89303&gclid=CjwKEAiA9uaxBRDYr4_hrtC3tW8SJAD6UU8G1VJh1Gm4JCyijrJkatUBdlWy11UpmTzW9UpSSDRWhxoCBcLw_wcBMagnetic Pickup Tool $18.00https://www.gettoolsdirect.com.au/geiger-magnetic-pick-up-wand-mtp001.html?gdftrk=gdfV26854_a_7c442_a_7c1200_a_7c103046&gclid=CjwKEAiA9uaxBRDYr4_hrtC3tW8SJAD6UU8GwcrTVztZyOTR2VuZyk_9OHXLGjv7lMn5FnP4MeorcxoCOoXw_wcBI like to own qaulity tools as they last but for the average Joe enthusiast the tools above are just fine for a once a year Plug change. If you also purchase a set of 3/8 Sockets You'd have quite a handy set of tools and probably have changed from the cost of normal service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 29d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/11/15 11:46 PM Share Posted 04/11/15 11:46 PM (edited) on this note: if I didn't have any tools, I would go to Repco and buy their tools... well priced, made by stanley too, and have a lifetime warranty, and to replace them, you can walk into ANY repco and get the tool replaced there and then f*ck sidchrome and their new "limited warranty" bullsh*t, and having to go through places like COVS and it taking 6 weeks. but I do love my sidchrome roller & tools lol ... they never let me down, even to the crows feet spanners for brake lines Edited 04/11/15 11:48 PM by Tocchi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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