I started to change my spark plugs in my 95 z 28 and had no idea how hard they were to get to. Are there any tips or special tools that will help me?

 

get a spark plug socket (5/8" with the rubber hole in the middle) that has flats on the end of it too. i found it a little easier to use a thinner wrench that can grip on the flats of the socket rather than having a giant socket wrench to move around and clip into the socket. try searching on here i think there are a few threads that have good hints at it though

-Chris

 

Do a search and buy a case of these:



Rich

 

And a case of these:

 

LOLERS

I forgot the most important part!!

Rich

 

This socket will help a lot, but I went ahead with mine and cut it down to a total length of 2" with a die grinder and cutoff wheel. That makes it easier to get at a couple of them, especially #6 & #8. Also, when I am ready to torque them down, since there's no way to get a torque wrench in there, I take a magic marker and number the flats on the socket. That way if I want to go 1/3 turn past hand tight (that would be 2 flats), it's easy to keep track of where you're at because you will be repositioning the wrench on the socket several times before the plug is completely tight.

SLP used to sell a socket like that, I think they wanted like $20. You can do the same thing yourself for just the price of a regular spark plug socket .

 

i found that getting plug number two was easiest to get to sitting on top of the engine because of those steel lines. just a tip

 

Drivers side is cake from under the car.

Passanger side #2,#4,#6 are cake also.

The only plug I had a difficult time with was #8. It's too far to reach from up top, and a pain to get you hand in there from the bottom. I ended up dropping the starter and had my brother guide it up from the bottom while I got it in from up top.

Total time to change plugs was <2.5 hours.

 

Here's the tools I used:

I can't express how important it is to have one of those short swivel end extensions.

 

Also removing your starter will help you with the back 2 plugs on the passenger side.

 

Get headers

 

i just did mine the other day in about 2 1/2 hrs on stock manifolds
driver side - do from the bottom
passenger side - you can do the back 3 from laying across the motor
the front one, take the alternator off, it'll make it so much easier

 

A set of longtubes will make it much easier