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Central Maryland | ...when trying to push them down; to fully seat and insure that the spark plug wire lead is actually connected to the tip of the spark plug... 
Three times now; I have wanted (and did) pull my spark plugs; to verify leanness/richness of the engine's fueling before and after installation of the Lloydz secondary air filter, S1L2's and the Dobeck Fueler.
While my spark plugs indicate currently a slight (teenie weenie) rich condition (actually about perfect; the center electrode insulator is a nice, dark, tan; although a little darker on the front cylinder) I am not getting good gas mileage (currently averaging 35 mpg; mostly highway speeds of 70-80 mph). I think I was getting a little better in stock configuration.. but already I digressed from my main topic.
Is there a "trick" to reinstalling the spark plug boots over the spark plugs (meaning technique) so that they without a doubt; connect firmly; without a whole hell of a lot of pushing and wiggling them? This is quite actually a simple operation on a great many other vehicles; I find that the Vision's boots are resistant to being "reconnected"...
An underlying concern about this is that I may damage the spark plug leads going into the actual boot; due to the seemingly necessary excessive force of firmly seating then on the spark plugs. And the spark plugs wells are a little deep; so it's hard to get me fat fingers into there.....
Edited by willtill 2013-06-07 3:35 PM
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Tourer
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20 miles west of Chicago. | A little dielectric tune-up grease on the plug terminal, and applied to the inside of the boot with a Q-tip helps. Also mitigates the effects of dampness. |
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New Bohemia, VA | push, click. That's all I ever done. Make sure the metal thingy is done far enough in the boot to make sure it reaches the sparkplug top. If you pull on the wire instead of the boot it will pull the connection too far up inside the boot. |
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2 mi from Jim Beam n KY | MPG drops a whole lot from 70 to 80 MPH....... |
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | DannyB - 2013-06-08 8:50 AM
MPG drops a whole lot from 70 to 80 MPH.......
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| Mudge - 2013-06-07 5:01 PM A little dielectric tune-up grease on the plug terminal, and applied to the inside of the boot with a Q-tip helps. Also mitigates the effects of dampness. What He just said. Trick to pulling the boots. Cut a peace of hose the long way and the width of the spark plug opening. Now place the hose over the fin and with a needle noise pliers grasp boot to wards bottom and then push down on pliers. That should lift the boot off with out pulling the wire loose. |
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New Bohemia, VA | johnnyvision - 2013-06-08 7:12 PM What He just said. Trick to pulling the boots. Cut a peace of hose the long way and the width of the spark plug opening. Now place the hose over the fin and with a needle noise pliers grasp boot to wards bottom and then push down on pliers. That should lift the boot off with out pulling the wire loose. I should have been astute and suggested this as well. It works very well, especially if you have a set of long needle nose pliers. I keep both halves of the hose with me in case I need to give the other one to somebody.
Edited by varyder 2013-06-08 8:04 PM
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Spark plug boots on the Vision... pain in da ass...