rushman

I could use a little help. I am changing my spark plugs, got the drivers side done, no problem. I am working on getting the coil rail off the passanger side and you guessed it, I can't get anything on that last bolt. I can feel it. I can even see the top of it from just the right angle, but my deep socket hits one of what looks like a coolant line going through the firewall, and I can't seem to get a wrench on it. The next thing I am going to try is tying a string to the 10mm wrench in case I drop it :-) . I have all the plug wires on the passanger side off the coil packs except #8 .

So my Q's are:

what do you use to get on that last bolt
are those coolant lines going into the firewall or are they air lines for the ?heater that I can just take off for clearance?
Any other magic tricks?

Thanks!

Tranzor

#6 was the biggest problem for me... I got #8 from the bottom in just a couple of minutes. No need to move the coil pack rail for that.

Oh and if you do want to get that last coil pack bolt, use a 10mm ratcheting gear wrench with a flex-head. Works like a charm... and when you do finally get that bolt off, don't put it back on.

rushman

thank you! From what I've heard #8 is hard to do on stock headers from underneath.

Tranzor

Shouldn't be too difficult for ya... the '98s are impossible to do because of the location of the cats, but the '00s-'02s should be fine. When I did mine, my arm slid in right next to the cat... and my arm is by no means rail thin as I weigh 225lbs.

LawmanSS

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I used a Snap-on "stubby" 10 mm wrench for the last bolt...it sure was a bitch! Like Tranzor said, don't put it back on!

rushman

All done. And I didn't put it back on.


What I've learned:

It can be done
Gear wrench is your friend for that back coil pack rail bolt
put the 6&8 plug wires on the coil pack first, slide the pack rail in, then put 6&8 wires on the plugs <--------- Really makes life easier

Don't over torque coil pack rail bolts..... I didn't put the back one in, and I snapped off the front one...oops 3 bolts should be good :-)

Other than that, keep at it.

Danny2tek

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yea I had a hell of a time trying to get the boot on #8 ..is it true it gets easier with LT's?

rushman

Oh yeah, one more thing I learned after my arm got all cut up, push the tree pins that hold the molding to the cowel up :-), saves a ton of skin.