camkos10101 Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 how the HECK do i change the spark plugs at the back of my 3.1????? theres no room!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Unbolt your dogbones and roll the engine forward. One of the dogbones should have an extra hole molded in the middle. Stick one of the bolts back through the mount and through that hole. It should give you a couple inches more room. When I do mine, I don't do that though. I take the alternator off. I've got it down to about 45 seconds getting the alt. off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godofthunder Posted November 26, 2002 Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 I heard about parking it on a hill and trying to do that too. When i did mine, we unbolted the mounts, i pushed the car forward, and my dad but a peice of wood behind it to keep the motor forward. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camkos10101 Posted November 26, 2002 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 well i did it, what a pain in the royal ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted November 26, 2002 Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 this is prolly too much work but u could also put the back of the car on jackstands for a really forward angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPaganel Posted November 27, 2002 Report Share Posted November 27, 2002 Geez, you guys have 20 different ways to do the simplest thing... Unbolting the dogbones and tilting the engine forward with a large prybar inserted in the passenger side bracket is a) The way GM recommends doing it The easiest way to do it by yourself. c) Probably a hell of a lot safer than parking on a hill or jacking up the rear I'm sure you could achieve good results by suspending the car nose down from a construction crane... If you work on a level surface and have a long enough bar there is nothing particularly hard about changing the back plugs. If your driver side dogbone has no slave hole, you can simply use a ratchet strap that Wal-Mart sells in packages of 4 for $10 to hold the engine rotated forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPRACER Posted November 28, 2002 Report Share Posted November 28, 2002 you can simply use a ratchet strap that Wal-Mart sells in packages of 4 for $10 to hold the engine rotated forward. this is the way the GM service manual says to do it, without the walmart strap, I have a fancy Kent Moore strap at work... works on most all GM fwd vehicles, even the U-Vans, I've done tons of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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