What are the best plugs and wires for our trucks?
Thanks

 

hahahahaha, if you do a search youll find about 20 threads that are EXACTLY like this. the answer to your question is motorcraft plugs and wires

 

*coughAutolitecough*

 

To stop any confusion.


Autolite is a knockoff Motorcraft... Same difference.

 

And Autolite is usually easier to obtain, hence my recommendation

 

ya i shouldve searched but o well, thanks

 

Yes you should have. BE GONE wretched pile of filth....just kidding :)

 

lol, thank you sir, you made my day!! im a pile of crap! o well, least i have a r-f shirt to wear now!!
haha!

 

does anyone know how to tell if the plug is a platinum or a double platinum? the guy at the place said what he gave me is a double plat. and i thought that would be like a double electrode or something,
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Double platinums have small but visible platinum coated lumps on both the center and side electrodes. Single platinums have a single lump on EITHER the center OR the side electrode, depending on which cylinder the plug is from.

The correct single platinum plug is installed at the engine factory to work with the the coil pack polarity for that cylinder. Ford sells the double plats for replacement since they can be used in any cylinder, avoiding any possible errors in field service replacement.

 

is the electrode the white part, or the metal part in the center? im not seeing any lumps anywhere

 

The white part is the insulator. Look carefully in the spark gap. A double platinum will have the small platinum lumps facing each other in the gap - one on the center electrode, one on the side electrode. This is the best photo I could find.