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[ryan218]

i swapped the plugs and wires on my stang today with a buddy (zach) his first time working on a stang. he said he liked working on it and that he is going to try and get one

anyway heres the some pics.

20 mins and two mountain dews later we have this

old plug wires

and my hands after it. the passenger side was pretty tight to get them on and off

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the distributors was a little cored si i took some sand paper and took the coresion off. thats why it was being a PITA to start. started up the first try well were on are why out to flush the radator.

 

[Strype]

Look at them and see if they say "1983 Ford MOtor Sport" on them and let us know

 

[tunedin302]

OMG RYAN!!! You forgot to change 2 spark plug wires!! You only changed 6 wires and a coil!! Hurry go change the other 2 ..... oh wait a second ....... sorry.

(sorry couldn't resist)

 

[KlrSnk]

Wheres the other 2 plug wires?

 

[302RollinHard]

AHH so you went all jay-dubb on his ass mustang style, did ya? We need all the new converts (no pun intended) that we can get.

 

[pistonhead351]

i just cant see me spending the time to photograph myself changing plug wires and how my hands look after it?!?!?!?

 

[25thmustang]

Hmm... kewl

 

[1slowfiveoh]

What, no blood??? Try changing spark plugs with Equal length 1-5/8" Bassani shorties while they are still hot......then post pics of your hands.

 

[tunedin302]

i just cant see me spending the time to photograph myself changing plug wires and how my hands look after it?!?!?!?

To be young again

 

[ryan218]

To be young again

yep. and i did cut my self a little bit but no blood lol. and i woul dof waited for the headers to cool down first

strype. all i can find them saying is motorcraft cant find the 83 but i bet there the org ones.

 

[ryan218]

Wheres the other 2 plug wires?

 

[1slowfiveoh]

In racing situations.....waiting for the motor to cool down is not an option when a spark plug NEEDS to be changed. Mechanix gloves on and go to town, quickly.

 

[25thmustang]

I have changed them on race cars with no gloves... everything is hot not just the headers!

 

[1slowfiveoh]

Took lots of burnt skin to teach me to use gloves....lol

 

[ryan218]

yeah i didnt get burned.

 

[mob]

lol, I know how it feels to start working on the stang, even simple little tune up stuff like this is fun especially at your age. Trust me though, those hands are nothing, get alittle more indepth and youll be going inside with your arms black, and all the walls will be black aswell. Little things like latex gloves will help, they rip easily but they help keep your hands clean, very useful for oil changes.

 

[795.0pacecar]

LOL yeah, try changing power steering lines that you cant see and when all of a sudden the wrench gives you see red fluid all over your hand and wrench, and think you got the line off, only to find out later that the red fluid was blood, not power steering fluid, and the wrench just slipped off the line fitting.

 

[grey5.0beast]

lol run on.

 

[TheUser]

lol that's what my hands look like after I wash them Yep, those gloves do come in handy if you're doing something fairly quick...especially if you're going somewhere afterwards...it keeps your fingernails from having black all around them

I put oil in my engine before I dropped it back in the other day and plugged the hole...of course I had to remove the plug to put the oil sensor in and got drenched in oil...one of those times it's better to lubricate afterwards

I found myself in a similar situation yesterday when I pulled my driveshaft out of my tranny w/ fluid in it...awesome.

Hang in there ryan...pretty soon spark plug wires will be the BS work after you get the engine back together

 

[795.0pacecar]

The only time I can use those gloves is when Im taking something off the car that I can see pretty easily, any time I cant realy see what Im doing, I need to be able to feel, so those gloves just wont cut it in that situation.