Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
07-02-2005, 03:38 PM
#31
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:36:01 -0400, "Dana Rohleder"
<boreal@charter.net> wrote:
>Let's see:
>
>Check gap - 1min
>Pull old plug - 5 min
>Install new plug - 4 min
>
>Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
>so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
>I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
>right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
>breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
>chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
>40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:36:01 -0400, "Dana Rohleder"
<boreal@charter.net> wrote:
>Let's see:
>
>Check gap - 1min
>Pull old plug - 5 min
>Install new plug - 4 min
>
>Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
>so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
>I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
>right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
>breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
>chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
>40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
07-02-2005, 03:38 PM
#32
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:36:01 -0400, "Dana Rohleder"
<boreal@charter.net> wrote:
>Let's see:
>
>Check gap - 1min
>Pull old plug - 5 min
>Install new plug - 4 min
>
>Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
>so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
>I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
>right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
>breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
>chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
>40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:36:01 -0400, "Dana Rohleder"
<boreal@charter.net> wrote:
>Let's see:
>
>Check gap - 1min
>Pull old plug - 5 min
>Install new plug - 4 min
>
>Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
>so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
>I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
>right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
>breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
>chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
>40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
07-02-2005, 03:38 PM
#33
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:36:01 -0400, "Dana Rohleder"
<boreal@charter.net> wrote:
>Let's see:
>
>Check gap - 1min
>Pull old plug - 5 min
>Install new plug - 4 min
>
>Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
>so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
>I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
>right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
>breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
>chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
>40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:36:01 -0400, "Dana Rohleder"
<boreal@charter.net> wrote:
>Let's see:
>
>Check gap - 1min
>Pull old plug - 5 min
>Install new plug - 4 min
>
>Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
>so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
>I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
>right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
>breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
>chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
>40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
07-02-2005, 03:53 PM
#34
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Hi Dana,
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
07-02-2005, 03:53 PM
#35
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Hi Dana,
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
07-02-2005, 03:53 PM
#36
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Posts: n/a
Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Hi Dana,
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
07-02-2005, 03:53 PM
#37
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Hi Dana,
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
http://www.nhra.com/
Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Dana Rohleder wrote:
>
> Let's see:
>
> Check gap - 1min
> Pull old plug - 5 min
> Install new plug - 4 min
>
> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts $50-70/hr,
> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>
> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should be
> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no beer/butt
> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds and
> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't around
> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
> --
> Dana
> Port Kent, NY
>
> 2002 Saturn LW300
> 93 Jeep YJ
> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
> ---------------
> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
> 82 Cherokee 4dr
> 76 Cherokee 2dr
07-02-2005, 04:06 PM
#38
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Must be the fancy gloves!
--
Dana
Port Kent, NY
2002 Saturn LW300
93 Jeep YJ
90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
---------------
95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
82 Cherokee 4dr
76 Cherokee 2dr
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6F0AA.78DD8034@***.net...
> Hi Dana,
> You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
> seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
> http://www.nhra.com/
> Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
> least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Dana Rohleder wrote:
>>
>> Let's see:
>>
>> Check gap - 1min
>> Pull old plug - 5 min
>> Install new plug - 4 min
>>
>> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts
>> $50-70/hr,
>> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should
>> be
>> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no
>> beer/butt
>> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds
>> and
>> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't
>> around
>> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
>> --
>> Dana
>> Port Kent, NY
>>
>> 2002 Saturn LW300
>> 93 Jeep YJ
>> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
>> ---------------
>> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
>> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
>> 82 Cherokee 4dr
>> 76 Cherokee 2dr
--
Dana
Port Kent, NY
2002 Saturn LW300
93 Jeep YJ
90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
---------------
95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
82 Cherokee 4dr
76 Cherokee 2dr
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6F0AA.78DD8034@***.net...
> Hi Dana,
> You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
> seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
> http://www.nhra.com/
> Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
> least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Dana Rohleder wrote:
>>
>> Let's see:
>>
>> Check gap - 1min
>> Pull old plug - 5 min
>> Install new plug - 4 min
>>
>> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts
>> $50-70/hr,
>> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should
>> be
>> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no
>> beer/butt
>> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds
>> and
>> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't
>> around
>> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
>> --
>> Dana
>> Port Kent, NY
>>
>> 2002 Saturn LW300
>> 93 Jeep YJ
>> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
>> ---------------
>> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
>> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
>> 82 Cherokee 4dr
>> 76 Cherokee 2dr
07-02-2005, 04:06 PM
#39
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Posts: n/a
Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Must be the fancy gloves!
--
Dana
Port Kent, NY
2002 Saturn LW300
93 Jeep YJ
90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
---------------
95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
82 Cherokee 4dr
76 Cherokee 2dr
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6F0AA.78DD8034@***.net...
> Hi Dana,
> You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
> seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
> http://www.nhra.com/
> Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
> least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Dana Rohleder wrote:
>>
>> Let's see:
>>
>> Check gap - 1min
>> Pull old plug - 5 min
>> Install new plug - 4 min
>>
>> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts
>> $50-70/hr,
>> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should
>> be
>> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no
>> beer/butt
>> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds
>> and
>> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't
>> around
>> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
>> --
>> Dana
>> Port Kent, NY
>>
>> 2002 Saturn LW300
>> 93 Jeep YJ
>> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
>> ---------------
>> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
>> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
>> 82 Cherokee 4dr
>> 76 Cherokee 2dr
--
Dana
Port Kent, NY
2002 Saturn LW300
93 Jeep YJ
90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
---------------
95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
82 Cherokee 4dr
76 Cherokee 2dr
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6F0AA.78DD8034@***.net...
> Hi Dana,
> You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
> seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
> http://www.nhra.com/
> Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
> least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Dana Rohleder wrote:
>>
>> Let's see:
>>
>> Check gap - 1min
>> Pull old plug - 5 min
>> Install new plug - 4 min
>>
>> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts
>> $50-70/hr,
>> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should
>> be
>> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no
>> beer/butt
>> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds
>> and
>> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't
>> around
>> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
>> --
>> Dana
>> Port Kent, NY
>>
>> 2002 Saturn LW300
>> 93 Jeep YJ
>> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
>> ---------------
>> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
>> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
>> 82 Cherokee 4dr
>> 76 Cherokee 2dr
07-02-2005, 04:06 PM
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Must be the fancy gloves!
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Dana
Port Kent, NY
2002 Saturn LW300
93 Jeep YJ
90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
---------------
95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
82 Cherokee 4dr
76 Cherokee 2dr
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6F0AA.78DD8034@***.net...
> Hi Dana,
> You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
> seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
> http://www.nhra.com/
> Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
> least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Dana Rohleder wrote:
>>
>> Let's see:
>>
>> Check gap - 1min
>> Pull old plug - 5 min
>> Install new plug - 4 min
>>
>> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts
>> $50-70/hr,
>> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should
>> be
>> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no
>> beer/butt
>> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds
>> and
>> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't
>> around
>> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
>> --
>> Dana
>> Port Kent, NY
>>
>> 2002 Saturn LW300
>> 93 Jeep YJ
>> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
>> ---------------
>> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
>> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
>> 82 Cherokee 4dr
>> 76 Cherokee 2dr
--
Dana
Port Kent, NY
2002 Saturn LW300
93 Jeep YJ
90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
---------------
95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
82 Cherokee 4dr
76 Cherokee 2dr
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6F0AA.78DD8034@***.net...
> Hi Dana,
> You need to visit the pit area of a drag race meat, they rebuild a
> seven thousand horsepower engine less to time then you're giving ----:
> http://www.nhra.com/
> Ninety percent of the engines I've worked on have always need at
> least the spark plug ratchet: http://www.----------.com/sparksocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Dana Rohleder wrote:
>>
>> Let's see:
>>
>> Check gap - 1min
>> Pull old plug - 5 min
>> Install new plug - 4 min
>>
>> Total 10 min/plug avg. X 8 plugs = 80 min. Labor rate in my parts
>> $50-70/hr,
>> so $60 bucks for labor sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> I doubt you will be able to do the job yourself in under an hour on an I6
>> let alone the V8 if you haven't done it in 40 years. And that is without
>> losing 20 minutes trying to find the damn spark plug wrench that should
>> be
>> right there in the tool box that your neighbor "borrowed" 2 years ago,
>> dropping any wrenches or plugs into god-awful places where the sun never
>> shines such as skid pans or those "metal sleeves" you mention, no
>> beer/butt
>> breaks, no time lost trying to locate the aft plugs or removing shrouds
>> and
>> chunks of engine that don't even look familiar because they weren't
>> around
>> 40 years ago, and no breaks to stop for bleeding/first aid. I can't even
>> change a fuse any more without 2 days of back pain!
>> --
>> Dana
>> Port Kent, NY
>>
>> 2002 Saturn LW300
>> 93 Jeep YJ
>> 90 Jeep XJ Ltd.
>> ---------------
>> 95 Grand Cherokee Ltd.
>> 91 Grand Wagoneer Ltd.
>> 82 Cherokee 4dr
>> 76 Cherokee 2dr