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Old 12-21-2010, 06:07 PM
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So I'm thinking about doing plugs and wires on my Formula. How hard is this? I've heart horror stories about the #8 cylinder. Is this something that I could reasonably expect to do in a day?
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Originally Posted by ArkBird96
So I'm thinking about doing plugs and wires on my Formula. How hard is this? I've heart horror stories about the #8 cylinder. Is this something that I could reasonably expect to do in a day?
It's not that hard. You can easily just get under the car and reach for the #8 plugs/wires and change it OR take out the coil packs/braket out and easily accessible on the top.
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Yeah it can be done in an hour or two if you've done it before. The driver's side is cake and the passenger side is so much easier if you remove the coils.


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Peopple make it seem harder than it is. Just remove the coil packs and its easy
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Drivers side is easy.. For the passenger side, remove the coil pack, and you can get #8 from the top, but it seems a lot of people do it from the bottom
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first time i did i had limited tools and took three hours second time i did it i had my tools and took an hour and 15 but ya just remove that coilpack frame on pass side
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#8 to me is the easiest one on the pass side, i just go from the bottom. gotta take the air off and if the rear bolt is out of the coil packs thats easy too.




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