I'll flag this email to save for the time when I'll need to change the plugs in mine --- and will google map the directions to Lt. Don's !!!!!!
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> wrote: > A LT Don story, sort of..... > > I have the Dodg van running well again, thanks to those who offered > suggestions. After installing the flywheel position sensor, it ran better > but still had some missing, although it was noticeably better. So, I > figured I'd change the plugs. the first three were easy. The next one was > a bear, but I got it done by removing the intake air stuff on the driver's > side. THat would be #5. from there I could almost see #3, but could not > reach it. So I quit for the night and put humpty back together. > > The next day, I tried removing the cowl and wiper assembly, but no dice. > Then I tried dropping or rolling the engine forward, but again no dice. > After that I settled on the alternator, and took loose the brace between > the mount and the engine, than tried to remove the mount from the engine, > but decided there was a bolt hidden somewhere i could not get to. > > So, I took the alternator out, and was able to get to the #1 plug. After > that, I tried reaching for the #3 plug. I could touch it.after much > difficulty, i got the cap/wire off it. then I was able to get a socket on > it and get it out, but it was not a picnic. > > I managed to start the new plug with a socket and ran it in a ways by > fingers. Got it in. Pinched the cap so it would be snug on the plug, and > tried several times to get it on the plug. thought I had it on, and then > pulled it off and it seemed to fit back on again. > > I put it all together, and drove home, and the engine was missing steadily. > By now I was really torqued. so on the third day, I took it back, put it > up on ramps, and after it cooled some, crawled under. I could see 1 and 5, > but I could not reach or see #3. I slithered back further, and tried > reaching up alongside the exhaust pipe. I could see the wire was not on the > plug, but I could not see the plug. after many attempts, I finally got the > wire on the plug. Got out, started up the engine, and no miss! > > Next time I need to change the plugs, I think I should just take it over to > LT Don, buy him a case or two of tofu and some tofutti, and let him reach up > there with his skinny arms! Besides, I know he will cheat. He will sip a > julep and pop some tofu while he has his BIL change the plugs for him! > > > > > > Loren Faeth > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
