smoke03 Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 FORD = ENOUGH SAID ...but im gonna say a little more. So here lately my beater truck (2000 ford ranger 2.5) has been getting kinda sluggish so I decided it was time for a tune up. I went to autozone and bought 8 spark plugs (kinda through me for a loop, a 4 cylinder having 8 plugs ) , new plug wires a new air filter and a bottle of lucas oil injector cleaner. I get home and start over on the passenger side and replace the air filter then I put the injector cleaner in the tank. the odometer on this truck is reading 93,xxx miles and Im pretty sure Im the first to put plugs and wires in it. The passenger side plugs werent bad other than the fact that the wires kept coming apart on me. This is suppost to be a simple and easy task to accomplish but oh no....Ford just HAS to go and make S&*^ difficult because on the Drivers side, YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE INTAKE to get to the back two plugs. Or atleast I couldnt find any way to do besides that. That is just rediculous. Why on earth would you design something like that? the intake stretches down the drivers side of the engine. Maybe all four cylinder engines are like that but thats just stupid. My ranger CLEARLY has enough room for a slightly larger engine thats designed a little better. I just dont see how that design made it out of the engineering department at furd. And maybe I sound like an idiot and maybe all four cylinder engines are like that but I never work on four cylinders...just 8 lol. Either way I got it done and the truck has a little more power now lol ILL NEVER OWN ANYTHING BUT A BOWTIE EVER AGAIN RANT OFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1booth Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 i hear ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobradh77 Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 AMEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBlueSS Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Try doing a 4.6 or 5.4 Furd. Did that a while back on a friend of mine's truck. Never again. They wer a mf'er. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverado_ss_04 Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Never hade to work on a ford befor, never will anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Ford = ........enough said all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireRescueSS Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Try doing a 4th gen F-Body's plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmarv1117 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 yea i hear ya...unfortunately my wife has a 05 ford escape and when i replaced the spark plugs i had to remove the intake manifold to get last 3 plugs..a simple 30 min job was turned into a 2-3 hr job...just stupid!! i will never get a ford... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmahan Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Try doing a 4th gen F-Body's plugs. i feel your pain on that gosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juriha Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 '03 Murano = Hell for plugs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Try doing a 4.6 or 5.4 Furd. Did that a while back on a friend of mine's truck. Never again. They wer a mf'er. The single worst job I've done in 20+ years was a plug change on my '99 Expedition. Never again. Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke03 Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 glad to see im not the only one bitchin' about this lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBlueSS Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Try doing a 4th gen F-Body's plugs.I did a 96 Bird with a 3.8, and 4 of the plug I had to access from underneath. Never did see them just had to go by feel. Kind of like changing plugs by using "The Force". V8 looks like a total mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddieo818 Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Furd has always been a b!tch to work on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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