03-13-2012, 05:51 AM
C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=Chakravartin]
[quote=space-time]
[quote=cbelt3]
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Heck, it takes a dealer, precision tools, and up to $2,000 to change the spark plugs in the F150 Fords.
kidding, right? 2k USD?
I've got a guy who can do it for $400.
Independent shop.
I doubt it. Those plugs are a PITA. There is no way anyone will touch them for less than $800 to $900 for a set. 9 out of 10 times at least half of the plugs break and have to be extracted.
There is a special place in hell for the engineer that thought up that plug design.
The only method I have heard of that works without breaking them off is to do it while the motor is hot and use and impact gun to rip them out, but that runs the risk of stripping out the threads in the head, then you are up a creek and looking at a Time Zert or a Calvan insert. Either way, you are talking lots of time.
I'm sure he will quote you $400, then when the plugs break he will upgrade the quote to $1200 and then take 2 weeks to finish it. I suppose you could be the 1 out of 10 that it goes smoothly, but the odds aren't good.
It must not be any Mexicans where you live.