Lon, that's "right"! How can we forget you fellas down under? Like I said, I will never complain again about the Y block starter....in a left hand drive car.

One of the dumb things I did too (thinking it would be a quick job) was to lay down a vinyl tarp on the driveway. Well, the rain kept coming, it kept getting wetter, and of course as I was on the bottom end of an incline, you can imagine what my clothes looked like - I was pretty well soaked even though I was under the Expedition the whole time!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I'm still trying to figure out how to get the last two plugs out of the drivers side of my 2003, 5.4 litre, F150. I have yet to find any combination of wrenches and extensions that fit. Got six in, and two new plugs in the glove box. I can hardly wait for the starter thing.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

5.4L F150 spark plugs



http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/idx/0/100/article/How_To_Change_Spark_Plugs_on_46__54_Liter_F150s.html

57 Black Tbird 312/auto

Dan, i had an "I'll never complain again" moment yesterday when we got my girlfriends car back from the shop.. A hair under $400 for...... wait for it........ spark plugs yeah spark plugs and de-flooding the combustion chamber on her rotary-powered RX-8..  Now she regrets buying it.. go figure..

Dustin

Southern Oregon Y's Guy

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1441322018

OUCH!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Mark,

   thanks. I will go look at that one.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Daniel, your bath under the car reminds me of having my customline with 2 wheels up on kerb so i could slid under it, Yes there was such a time!! and neighbour up at the top end of street decided to wash his car! i can vividly remember the wall of water around my head and shoulders as i tried to drag myself out from there, i still laugh about it. best regards bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Bill:

Several years ago I was at a drag race in Briston, Tennessee.  Now the track there is in a valley between two mountain ridges.  A friend of mine, Ed,  did not pass tech because he didn't have a transmission blanket on his car.  He bought a blanket, and started to install it just as it started raining---hard.  He laid in about an inch of water to install the blanket, then took the car back to tech.  The tech man asked if he installed a blanket, and said, OK, I'll take your work for it.  Ed said, oh no.  I laid in the water to install it, now you get under there and inspect it.  He did!!

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Frank, like Mark said the more you do the easier it gets. To start out, I use a double jointed MATCO plug socket and on the right side as I go back the extensions get shorter until the last one is a 1in. extension. On the left side I just use a 10in all the way back. The double jointed socket is the key. Just wait until you have to change plugs in a 3-valve 5.4 and break off the 2 back ones.

Dan      Kingman Az.      86409

Sure sounds fair to me!!

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia