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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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Ive read on here numerous times of people taking 2-3-4 hours to change plugs and wires on thier ls1, I just did it in 45 minutes! pulled all the wires off of the driver side, ran down that side did all the plugs and hooked up the new wires. Went to the passenger side and immediately removed the coil packs and ran that side did all plugs and hooked everything back up! 45 minutes..... and when i was done i got a wild hair from the heat and went upstairs and shaved all my hair off!!!
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Ive read on here numerous times of people taking 2-3-4 hours to change plugs and wires on thier ls1, I just did it in 45 minutes! pulled all the wires off of the driver side, ran down that side did all the plugs and hooked up the new wires. Went to the passenger side and immediately removed the coil packs and ran that side did all plugs and hooked everything back up! 45 minutes..... and when i was done i got a wild hair from the heat and went upstairs and shaved all my hair off!!!


You are sloooooow.. ..I do mine in 15-20 minutes... ..but I do have an advantage..my coil packs are relocated..but when I had my coil packs in the orginial position I could do it about 25-30 minutes...I never took the coil packs off to change plugs anyway.. ..I do number 8 from the botttom it is real EZ that way...

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I did all of them from the top..........
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feels like a new car, it still had the STOCK plugs and wires @97,000k.... i changed the oil and oil/air filter today too!!! feels good, now if i could just get that damn exhaust leak gone, nobody notices it but me but it drives me crazy
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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The morning I left for the power tour I changed oil, oil filter, fuel filter, air filter, and spark plugs...car ran like a top the whole way (just like it always does )..1600 miles later the clock reads 112,635...one of the best and most reliable vehicles I have ever owned..
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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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I just used sea foam and a new fuel filter is goin in tomorrow
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Took me forever today. My first time though. About 2 hours. Now I know how to get at each and it should only take 45 going forward if that
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I do mine in about 30 min too. I do all mine from the top too. I dont do that from the bottom **** that Steve does. Stay off your back as much as poss. Stevo!!
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10 minutes start to finish , i have no hvac so #8's easy, i got a air ratchet and i have them all out in 2-3 mins and hand thread new ones back in and and snug it up and im done
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I do mine in about 30 min too. I do all mine from the top too. I dont do that from the bottom **** that Steve does. Stay off your back as much as poss. Stevo!!

If I had skinnnnny little Olive Oil lookin arms I could do mine from the top too...
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
10 minutes start to finish , i have no hvac so #8's easy, i got a air ratchet and i have them all out in 2-3 mins and hand thread new ones back in and and snug it up and im done

I to have air tools but I prefer to use elbow grease when replacing plugs on aluminum heads..
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olive oil arms come in handy workin on an ls1
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Originally Posted by CNVRTmyZ
olive oil arms come in handy workin on an ls1

Yeah... and when the girl you are interested in has bigger arms than you do it really turns them on too...
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I to have air tools but I prefer to use elbow grease when replacing plugs on aluminum heads..
dont matter takin them loose anyway, i dont put them in with the air tools
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15 mins tops
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
dont matter takin them loose anyway, i dont put them in with the air tools

I am a creature of habit..I've been playin with aluminum head cars since the late 60's (68 SS\A hemi cuda 9.40@140mph) and never have messed up a set of plug threads yet so that is why I do them this way..if we were all the same it would be a dull world..
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Yeah... and when the girl you are interested in has bigger arms than you do it really turns them on too...
She will probably like it better than your hanging biceps and triceps, floppy elbows and wrinkles OLD DIRTY BASTARD! Changed my fuel filter today too, the old one was stock! CLOGGED UP!! car runs better and smells better!
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Originally Posted by CNVRTmyZ
She will probably like it better than your hanging biceps and triceps, floppy elbows and wrinkles OLD DIRTY BASTARD! Changed my fuel filter today too, the old one was stock! CLOGGED UP!! car runs better and smells better!

Eat you heart out ****..you wish you could keep up with me..
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Originally Posted by CNVRTmyZ
She will probably like it better than your hanging biceps and triceps, floppy elbows and wrinkles OLD DIRTY BASTARD! Changed my fuel filter today too, the old one was stock! CLOGGED UP!! car runs better and smells better!
Proud of ya Charlie!!! That's the kind of posts we're talking about. Pretty soon you'll be a pro! Keep it up son!
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