Ford 460 spark plugs

[zeeman]

I raised my motorhome using the front hydraulic jack and then got under
the wheel well to change the spark plugs. I was able to change six of the
eight plugs but the other two were impossible to access. These were the
two toward the front of the chassis. Any ideas other than paying a tech
$100 to change those two plugs?

Also, has anyone used the new "ring of fire" plugs instead of the old type
plugs?

[murffdog]

Hard to tell without looking, can you go through the wheel well, cut a hole in the wheel well? The engineers who make these don't care about any repairs.

[zeeman]

Thanks for responding. I have been working in the wheel well but to no
avail. Will wait for warmer weather and try again, maybe!

[jimbo]

I would look at access thru the wheel wells on my new truck you must remove the shroud in the wheel well to change the fuel filter. and on several other vehicles I worked on you had to lift vehicle on jacks and reach thru wheelwells to access plugs. Even had one vehicle back in the 70's that I had to loosten the ac compressor and move it to access the 1st plug.

[stevesandidge]

musta been a toyota, had the same problem with one of em:D

[jimbo]

no actually was a pontiac catilina believe it or not.

[jdensie]

Aw! Pontiac don't remind me.
Had a Pontiac Grand Am V6 and to get to the back spark plugs had to remove the dog bone on the engine and with a come-along roll the engine to the front to get to the plugs. This was after we tried every thing else.