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Old 25-06-2011, 06:07 PM   #1
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Default i reckon i set a new record today!

i got motivated this arvo and finaly got round to changing the plugs and leads in the old girl.
it took me just a tad under 1/2 and hour!!!
i was pretty chuffed ,didn't loose any skin off the knuckles either.

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Old 25-06-2011, 06:20 PM   #2
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did well mate..!
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Old 25-06-2011, 07:10 PM   #3
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It took me about an hour and a half to do my XR8. The only hard part was getting the leads to not touch the exhaust headers.
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Old 25-06-2011, 07:41 PM   #4
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Au still runs Jake? lol.
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Old 25-06-2011, 08:01 PM   #5
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yea the dizzy in the I6 isnt the easiest to get your hands to so half an hour to do leads and plugs is a very good effort mate.... i was pleased getting the leads done in bout 40 mins
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Old 25-06-2011, 08:14 PM   #6
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FYI, EF's and AU's don't run a distributor... The distributor ended with the EL...

EF's and AU's run a Coilpack...
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Old 25-06-2011, 08:36 PM   #7
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Au still runs Jake? lol.
yeah mate,it still puts a smile on my face.
for the crap i've put it through!
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Old 25-06-2011, 08:46 PM   #8
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FYI, EF's and AU's don't run a distributor... The distributor ended with the EL...

EF's and AU's run a Coilpack...
coilpack! i knew there was something wrong with what i was writing haha thanks for the correction
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Old 25-06-2011, 10:56 PM   #9
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I can do my EF in around 12 minutes now - but I cheat slightly by having the coilpack on top of the charger baseplate - so nice and accessible.
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Old 26-06-2011, 12:33 AM   #10
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That would be easy JC...lol


the I6 coil pack is in the worst spot..!!
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Old 26-06-2011, 12:39 AM   #11
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an I6 Distributor on an EA/B/D/L is harder....

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Old 26-06-2011, 03:09 AM   #12
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an I6 Distributor on an EA/B/D/L is harder....

Lol....
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Old 26-06-2011, 09:44 AM   #13
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an I6 Distributor on an EA/B/D/L is harder....

Lol....

So true..
Did leads, plugs, coil and dizzy cap on Dad's ED..
What a PITA!!
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Old 26-06-2011, 12:22 PM   #14
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FYI, EF's and AU's don't run a distributor... The distributor ended with the EL...

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Just a query. Why would they drop the dizzy in the EF, only to temporarily bring it back for the EL? Sounds a bit stupid to me.
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Old 26-06-2011, 04:06 PM   #15
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I can do my EF in around 12 minutes now - but I cheat slightly by having the coilpack on top of the charger baseplate - so nice and accessible.
nice one JC, thats where they all bloody well should be.
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Old 26-06-2011, 10:26 PM   #16
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Just a query. Why would they drop the dizzy in the EF, only to temporarily bring it back for the EL? Sounds a bit stupid to me.
The EF coilpacks proved to be highly unreliable, so it was back to a dizzy while visteon got the coilpacks right just in time for AU. The good thing is that AU coilpacks fit EFs.
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and to think that the coilpack is still the original after 400,000kms... lol
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Old 26-06-2011, 10:37 PM   #18
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Just a query. Why would they drop the dizzy in the EF, only to temporarily bring it back for the EL? Sounds a bit stupid to me.
I herd from a guy that worked at ford, they found a heap of dizzy's in the factory.
but reliability has also been brought up and probably more probable.


AU leads are easy. take out the snorkel and happy days. plugs on my EL are a PIG!!! its just all kinda of lame
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