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Old 09-23-2011, 04:19 PM   #18
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Re: spark plugs

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Originally Posted by music man


I have a car like that, actually I have had two of them (the same car, just different years). I have a ford explorer, and it costs well over 200 bucks just to get someone to change the plugs in it, because the passenger side ones are so time consuming even for an experienced mechanic to get to, and virtually impossible for even someone like me with a toolbox full of tools to get to.
Some Ford vehicles came from the factory with a two-piece spark plug that would separate when removed from the engine, leaving the threaded base seized into the head of the engine,requiring removal of the head to get the broken plug out.The aftermarket soon followed with a one-piece plug to solve the problem.
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