Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
#41
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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
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> 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
#42
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
If it wasn't for scares, I'd have no skin at all:
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
#43
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
If it wasn't for scares, I'd have no skin at all:
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
#44
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
If it wasn't for scares, I'd have no skin at all:
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
#45
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
If it wasn't for scares, I'd have no skin at all:
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
http://www.----------.com/scares.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
---- wrote:
>
> I forgot about the bleeding part. :-)
#46
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Bill,
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
#47
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Bill,
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
#48
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Bill,
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
#49
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
Bill,
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
1966, give or take a year.
Earle
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
> Hi Earle,
> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>
http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> >
> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for that
> > one.
> >
> > Earle
#50
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Re: Changing Plugs - '93 JGC V-8
The "new" 318 came out in 1967
"Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Bill,
>
> Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
> covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
> 1966, give or take a year.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
>> Hi Earle,
>> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
>> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
>> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
>> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>>
> http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> >
>> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for
>> > that
>> > one.
>> >
>> > Earle
>
>
"Earle Horton" <earle-NOSPAM-horton@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1120361330.ec78b60b4d77110a8a0a4076fb72d709@t eranews...
> Bill,
>
> Actually, the proliferation of hoses gave it away more than the valve
> covers. I believe that the transition to the new small block design was
> 1966, give or take a year.
>
> Earle
>
> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42C6E96F.153C8068@***.net...
>> Hi Earle,
>> I believe the engine you're thinking of is probably the 318 using
>> the 383 block with the irregular shaped valve covers, but I know of the
>> 318 that topped out a 360" unfortunately I can only find an engine
>> picture going back to this '67 Plymouth:
>>
> http://www.hemmings.com/index.cfm/fu...icle_id/218886
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> >
>> > That is not a 1957 318". I don't even have to look in the book for
>> > that
>> > one.
>> >
>> > Earle
>
>