Bought some autolite double platinums..

The manual says I need 8.. autozone says 4.. I only see 4?




How the hell does that rubber cap pull off? I pulled and twisted but nada..

 

pull a little harder on the rubber cap, on mine i had yank the **** outta of it to have it come off. I guess the manual is wrong cause i went to napa and they said it took 4 also, plus its a 4 banger.

 

Im gonna try to get a spark plug wire removal tool as I am paranoid of ripping the boot..

Anyone know the torque used on spark plugs?

 

I dont torque a sparkplug i make them snug on all my engines (truck, Mx bike, Jet ski).

 

the rangers with the SOHC motors(I believe the 90-00 year models) have dual plugs on them so you will need 8 spark plugs. but in 2001 Ford went to a DOHC motor and those have single plugs so you should only need 4 spark plugs. yours looks like the DOHC motor so you should only need 4.

 

Yep only needed 4..

My friend has the 2.5L and those 8 plugs look like a ***** to get to.. double the cost too.. 8 plugs, 8 wires, 2 coil packs..

 

"Im gonna try to get a spark plug wire removal tool as I am paranoid of ripping the boot.."

Removal tool probably is a good idea. I found that the wires were easier (not easy) to remove when the engine was warm. Start it up, run for a few miles, put on some protection from the heat, and try to pull straight up/twist from the caps. Good luck, it ain't easy. The hardest one for me was #4 all the way in the back - good thing I was going to replace the wires anyway, because I had to pull that one by whatever I could get my hand on - including the wire itself!

 

I made a loop out of a coat hanger.. and it popped right off.. I should have posted pics, but the coil/wires are the cleanest part of my engine bay..

 

Good To Know! I'm ready to replace the plugs on my ranger which has the DOHC 2.3L, tried pulling up on one of the boots and was like - Holy ****!!!

 

^lol I need to clean..

Runs great now.. faster too..

duralast wires and coil..

autolite double plat plugs..

 

What its the firing sequence of the cool pack from looking at the picture above?
2,3
4,1


Is that correct?

Thanks,
Nigel