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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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This last weekend i changed all my vacuum lines and fixed the hose routing nightmare that was there. That was the easy part...with the exception of the lines that go and come from the canister. Then I did the distributor cap and rotor, still having fun.... now come the spark plug wire. What a nightmare. I just want to know how are you supposed to get those darn wires through the motor mounts for cylinders 1, 3 and 2, 4. after i tried and tired and tried. I finally gave up and rerouted them avoiding the exhaust. That is when you realize that the engineers that design these cars never take into account the guy that is going to fix it once it is put together. Sorry i had to vent that one. I suppose that I could have loosened the motor mount ahd lifted the engine a bit but that is ridiculous. So i guess my question here is how do you guys route the spark plug wires.???


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Take the boots off.

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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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you are right i guess that i should have done that. well i guess i know what i am doing next weekend. when i get back home from my trip LOL.
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you are right i guess that i should have done that. well i guess i know what i am doing next weekend. when i get back home from my trip LOL.
A little squirt of WD40 will ease those off and back on. It does take a bit of a firm grip but they do come off.
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