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Removing spark plug cap assembly
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<blockquote data-quote="FJRBluesman" data-source="post: 532503" data-attributes="member: 5903"><p>I must have been real blessed. Or the FJR gods smiled upon my spark plug removal. I gave minimal force and they popped right off, no issues. I read many threads about this and heating the engine first etc. I did cold first thing in the morning and they seemed to be on fine and came off no problem. I was really surprised how easy it was.</p><p></p><p>The one small thing I ran into was the spark plug socket had to be thin wall. I had one that worked and one that didn't. The other thing was my rubber insert in the socket was too small to grip the plug, so I couldn't pull the plug out of the vast crater of doom. I had to rig a small piece of extra rubber under the insert rubber and it worked great. Now the real fun part was reinstalling them without leaving the socket below with the plug. You needed enough force on the plug to hold it as you lowered it in but, not enough to keep the socket on the plug. There is very little room to wiggle the socket off, it's real tight.</p><p></p><p>I started each plug a bit then pulled the insert out and then tightened it all down.</p><p></p><p>My old standard resistor plugs looked great, I replaced them with Iridiums. We'll see how that works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FJRBluesman, post: 532503, member: 5903"] I must have been real blessed. Or the FJR gods smiled upon my spark plug removal. I gave minimal force and they popped right off, no issues. I read many threads about this and heating the engine first etc. I did cold first thing in the morning and they seemed to be on fine and came off no problem. I was really surprised how easy it was. The one small thing I ran into was the spark plug socket had to be thin wall. I had one that worked and one that didn't. The other thing was my rubber insert in the socket was too small to grip the plug, so I couldn't pull the plug out of the vast crater of doom. I had to rig a small piece of extra rubber under the insert rubber and it worked great. Now the real fun part was reinstalling them without leaving the socket below with the plug. You needed enough force on the plug to hold it as you lowered it in but, not enough to keep the socket on the plug. There is very little room to wiggle the socket off, it's real tight. I started each plug a bit then pulled the insert out and then tightened it all down. My old standard resistor plugs looked great, I replaced them with Iridiums. We'll see how that works. [/QUOTE]
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