20 Jun 09 06:33, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> Andrew came over and saw the new parts and asked what they were for.
 RW>> I told him if he came over in his work duds, I would instruct him in
 RW>> what to do to get the job done. :o) He's not much of a mechanic,
 RW>> farming out everything he does between two shops here in town.

 RN> I used to be pretty good, but Arthur Itis and dwindling eyesight have
 RN> caused me to be a spectator as far as doing mechanical work is
 RN> concerned.

Being a jack-of-all-trades and a master-of-none, I was pretty good too,
but hanging over fenders puts a cramp in my arse these days!

 RW>> It's a 4.6L overhead cam V8. I understand they're (plugs) right
 RW>> there on top (verticle to the piston), but a royal pain to swap. I
 RW>> don't know if they're the same as some I've seen come out of the
 RW>> Ford pickups, which has a shielded extension that usually breaks off
 RW>> in the cylinder and has to be fished out when the plug is removed.
 RW>> Carbon buildup around that shield holds it in place so it comes off
 RW>> when you loosen the plug. Even running some engine cleaner through
 RW>> it before you loosen them doesn't seem to work very well.

 RN> That's close to what my Lincoln has.  There are access panels to be
 RN> removed from the rocker covers so you can get at the plugs.

I thought your Lincoln had the 5.0L...

 RN> Our mistake last year was not changing the plugs and wires at the
 RN> same time.  I was so sure (and I should have known better) that only
 RN> the wires needed replacing that that's all I bought.  I had to go
 RN> back to the store and get the plugs. And, you'd better keep a sharp
 RN> eye at what you're doing else you can easily screw things up.

It looks to me like the distributor is out front, just like the 5.0L...

 RN> No shields that I recall.  Next time this job needs doing, I'll have
 RN> to do it myself (X).  (-:

Then it's the next size up pickup engine I'm thinking of. A 5.4L V8?

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