Haha yea okay.

 

use a piece of vacuum hose cut not to long and thread the new plugs in finnish with the socket & rachet

 

Uh what? I don't understand.

 

I always put a blob of dilectric silicon grease in the plug boot before I clip them back on the plug. It waterproofs the seal and makes them easier to get off next time. I do the same to both ends of all of the plug and coil wires.

 

On some engines it's really tough to get the plug to the hole and turn it. With a length of tubing that just fits the end of the plug, you can feed it into place and get a couple turns started. #1 on my 4.0 behind the AC compressor is the only remotely buried plug.

 

Goodntite may work for Germans... Not for me I'd try to find an actual torque spec for the spark plugs but I'm paranoid

 

I would pass on the grease myself.

 

i looked in my haynes manual and i didnt see a torque spec. but i did see they suggest using a rubber hose to start it. i found that interesting.

 

OH yea that makes sense. I have a plug or two that is buried under my antifreeze line and two water lines I believe? How do I get in there?

 

You'll manage. The hardest part will be some stupid little thing you would never expect. Like you will get the plugs out then find you are parked on an ant mound or something. Good luck!

(hoses Btw, Heater and radiator hoses w/coolant, (50/50 antifreeze and water))

 

Dielectric grease in boot, anti seize on threads. I saw that you mentioned "studdoring" when accelerating in another thread. Fuel filter could be suspect, good idea in changing that. Your spark plug wires could also contribute to that so if you're doing the plugs, I'd recommend do the wires too while you're at it

 

Yes I think I'm on the right path to solving a few of my issues.