# Pain in the --- spark plugs? You tell me! **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [November 16, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611 "2009-11-16T09:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/1 "2009-11-16T09:24:57Z")
Well. I am doing a tune up on a 98 Camaro with a 3.8L. Not the easiest at all. Which got me thinking. Whats the worst set of plugs you’ve ever had to or have done? ATM I am gonna have to say this Camaro. Motor is pushed sooooo far back in the fire walls on these cars. Spark plugs are under the exhaust manifolds. Starter is partially in the way on bank 1. A/C is completely in the way on bank 2. I know the Northstar motors in some of the Caddies are a bitch to do bank 2. So, lets hear it boys…and girls… ---
**Author:** ![Jowo72](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jowo72/32/5560_2.png) [@Jowo72](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jowo72)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/2 "2009-11-16T09:28:27Z")
02+ maximas and altimas with 3.5 ---
**Author:** ![Specialedition](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/specialedition/32/5714_2.png) [@Specialedition](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Specialedition)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/3 "2009-11-16T09:33:35Z")
rx7 13b tt ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/4 "2009-11-16T09:34:56Z")
> [@Jowo72"](#): > > 02+ maximas and altimas with 3.5 Removing the upper intake is a breeze. I don’t mind them at all to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/5 "2009-11-16T09:35:28Z")
> [@WTF Happened to NYSpeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-happened-to-nyspeed/24829/19): > > rx7 13b tt Not so much fun. Nope. lol ---
**Author:** ![John\_sinopoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@John\_sinopoli](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/John_sinopoli)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/6 "2009-11-16T09:35:52Z")
13 b is probably the easiest ever … try 4.2L ford windstar ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/7 "2009-11-16T09:40:15Z")
> [@440 update](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/440-update/24835/4): > > 13 b is probably the easiest ever … try 4.2L ford windstar 13b TT we are saying. They are not horrid. But not all to easy. I have yet to do a 4.2 windstar. Although vans are gravy work. Can’t be no different than the newer 3.8’s ---
**Author:** ![Philly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/philly/32/5748_2.png) [@Philly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Philly)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/8 "2009-11-16T09:53:23Z")
2000 Town and Country w/3.8 AWD Front three easy, rear three are death. ---
**Author:** ![Aaj2k5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aaj2k5/32/5731_2.png) [@Aaj2k5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Aaj2k5)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/9 "2009-11-16T09:54:52Z")
2.5L ranger - 4 banger but has 8 spark plugs. 5 are easy to take out (relatively), 3 on drivers side near firewall are a bitch. I figured it would be easier to take them out without removing the IM. When the plugs had been in there for ~150,xxx km, shit was seized. Snapped plug boots 3 out of 3, had some crazy ratchet setup - extension, universal, extension, universal, stubby extension, socket - to remove the one. ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/10 "2009-11-16T10:17:14Z")
> [@Aaj2k5"](#): > > 2.5L ranger - 4 banger but has 8 spark plugs. 5 are easy to take out (relatively), 3 on drivers side near firewall are a bitch. I figured it would be easier to take them out without removing the IM. > > When the plugs had been in there for ~150,xxx km, shit was seized. Snapped plug boots 3 out of 3, had some crazy ratchet setup - extension, universal, extension, universal, stubby extension, socket - to remove the one. !!! I remember those now…:run: ---
**Author:** ![Aaj2k5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aaj2k5/32/5731_2.png) [@Aaj2k5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Aaj2k5)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/11 "2009-11-16T10:21:59Z")
oh and the wifeys 3.1 lumina had to tilt the motor forward to do the rear bank. Ghey. ---
**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/12 "2009-11-16T10:32:18Z")
3.1, yeah. The o2 always gets in my way on number 5. ballllls ---
**Author:** ![Hammer240sx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hammer240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hammer240sx)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/13 "2009-11-16T10:39:42Z")
Mazda millenia supercharged, rears are a bitch, especially when your hand is in a cast lol!! ---
**Author:** ![Jowo72](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jowo72/32/5560_2.png) [@Jowo72](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jowo72)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/14 "2009-11-16T11:01:50Z")
4.3 V8 (265c.i.) older caprices are a bitch too, especially with a propane or NG conversion. ---
**Author:** ![BELONTAY\_TYPE-M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@BELONTAY\_TYPE-M](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BELONTAY_TYPE-M)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/15 "2009-11-16T11:07:31Z")
Z06 is a PITA… ---
**Author:** ![ADAM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@ADAM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ADAM)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/16 "2009-11-16T11:29:18Z")
hardest car I have seen yet…(that actually can be done without pulling engine) 1988 porsche 911’s ---
**Author:** ![Jowo72](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jowo72/32/5560_2.png) [@Jowo72](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jowo72)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/17 "2009-11-16T11:31:33Z")
02+ WRX or STI are shitty business too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_sinopoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@John\_sinopoli](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/John_sinopoli)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/18 "2009-11-16T12:36:25Z")
i got the special tool for the wrx’s its like two u joints together ---
**Author:** ![Turboner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turboner/32/5603_2.png) [@Turboner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turboner)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/19 "2009-11-16T12:36:46Z")
phh, Try an Oldsmobile aurora. There is NO possible way to get the back plugs. FWD v8 FTL ---
**Author:** ![Jowo72](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jowo72/32/5560_2.png) [@Jowo72](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jowo72)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611/20 "2009-11-16T12:41:17Z")
^ true the 4.0 is a fuckbag. Also its something like 8 or 10 liters of oil too iirc? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pain-in-the-spark-plugs-you-tell-me/129611.md?page=2)