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Spark Plugs...again
#120787 07/05/02 11:58 AM
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O-k...1st...I have seen the devil, and he wears a FORD Engineers hat! What's up with the 1 1/2" bolts holding on everything? Anyways...pulled off the front bank cover...the ignition box...3 front pugs in and out. At the rear...undid the the cap...little pulling...plugs in and out. And the verdict: So that's where my smooth running SVT went to!!! Easy smooth start-ups...smooth coasting. You know when you're in 1st or 2nd gear just idling along and its going "ruhh..ruhh..ruhh" (USe your imagination..no comments, k?) GONE!! Just smooth even driving. Amazing what a fuel filter and plug change will do. But check this...when I pulled the original Ford plugs..they were gapped at .06! Spec is .052, and the posts here recommend .045. What's up with that?

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Re: Spark Plugs...again
#120788 07/05/02 08:50 PM
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The gap will get larger the longer the plugs fire (normal wear errosion)

I gapped my plugs at .050

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Re: Spark Plugs...again
#120789 07/05/02 09:14 PM
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A couple of weeks ago I installed Motorcraft AWSF32F but assumed they came gapped properly from the factory - wrong assumption??

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Re: Spark Plugs...again
#120790 07/06/02 04:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by LBVSVT:
A couple of weeks ago I installed Motorcraft AWSF32F but assumed they came gapped properly from the factory - wrong assumption??
That is "always" a wrong assumption!

Never trust an unchecked clearance...

2000 SVT #674 - Check it out!

Whoever coined the phrase; "If it ain't broke; don't fix it" ~ Just doesn't get it...
Re: Spark Plugs...again
#120791 07/07/02 02:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by DemonSVT:
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Originally posted by LBVSVT:
[b]A couple of weeks ago I installed Motorcraft AWSF32F but assumed they came gapped properly from the factory - wrong assumption??
That is "always" a wrong assumption!

Never trust an unchecked clearance...[/b]
True dat.

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