FishFreak
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So I'm getting my 'old' 2014 Screw ready to sell, changed the 140 mi old plugs, wires and pills last weekend. Top 8 plugs under the coils were uneventful, yea slightly larger gap than new, but nice healthy tan-brown center insulator. Cleaned the outsides of the coils with 401 and the internals with WD40's new electrical Contact Cleaner. Replaced the 8 resistors, boots and resistors, using a little dielectric grease on the resistors since the 11 yr old ones were slightly corroded.
The bottom 8 plugs were a different story, and 3 of the OEM Motorcraft plugs were BROKEN :O !!! Has anyone else run into this? This is a little concerning! Makes me want to change the OEM plugs NOW in my 'new to me' 7k mi 2014 Raptor!! What's the consensus on Motorcraft plugs??
Also, can all y'all with experience share what are the BEST aftermarket coil wires for our trucks? I used MSD on this job and they're colorful and feel good but are they good? They're 'made in usa', and marketing looks good on them, but for this 'new' 2014 I'd like to use the best.
I know the PO of this 'old' truck, he's a friend of mine, and he doesn't let anyone but the dealer work on his truck, so it wasn't a ham fist-ed garage hack that broke them, aamof, I'm certain these were the factory installed plugs. They came apart just pulling off the coil wire and the break points were old and dirty. I definitely did not break them on removal. One of the 3 broken plugs center electrode was SEVERELY erroded, I'm guessing from the increase resistance/voltage drop of the broken core? The others were similar wear as the intact plugs. There were no drivability issue before or after. Truck has always run great, although the single plug with the worn center electrode was darker, I assume, hardly firing. All 3 broken plugs had just a little dirtier threads and didn't spin out easily like the others. Engine oil has always been clean, and although I've only had this truck for 8k miles and two oil changes, it doesn't seem to be burning much if any oil at all. Very nice engine so far.
Give your opinions, if you will...
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This last pic is of the amazing little swivel socket extension that makes this painful job bearable! Get it if you don't have it!! Oh and make sure you have about 2 feet of socket extensions of various lengths handy.
Ruthenium 90495's were my lucky choice of replacement. I'd have been FURIOUS if I bought Motorcraft oem plugs for replacement in advance
!!
The bottom 8 plugs were a different story, and 3 of the OEM Motorcraft plugs were BROKEN :O !!! Has anyone else run into this? This is a little concerning! Makes me want to change the OEM plugs NOW in my 'new to me' 7k mi 2014 Raptor!! What's the consensus on Motorcraft plugs??
Also, can all y'all with experience share what are the BEST aftermarket coil wires for our trucks? I used MSD on this job and they're colorful and feel good but are they good? They're 'made in usa', and marketing looks good on them, but for this 'new' 2014 I'd like to use the best.
I know the PO of this 'old' truck, he's a friend of mine, and he doesn't let anyone but the dealer work on his truck, so it wasn't a ham fist-ed garage hack that broke them, aamof, I'm certain these were the factory installed plugs. They came apart just pulling off the coil wire and the break points were old and dirty. I definitely did not break them on removal. One of the 3 broken plugs center electrode was SEVERELY erroded, I'm guessing from the increase resistance/voltage drop of the broken core? The others were similar wear as the intact plugs. There were no drivability issue before or after. Truck has always run great, although the single plug with the worn center electrode was darker, I assume, hardly firing. All 3 broken plugs had just a little dirtier threads and didn't spin out easily like the others. Engine oil has always been clean, and although I've only had this truck for 8k miles and two oil changes, it doesn't seem to be burning much if any oil at all. Very nice engine so far.
Give your opinions, if you will...
? This last pic is of the amazing little swivel socket extension that makes this painful job bearable! Get it if you don't have it!! Oh and make sure you have about 2 feet of socket extensions of various lengths handy.
Ruthenium 90495's were my lucky choice of replacement. I'd have been FURIOUS if I bought Motorcraft oem plugs for replacement in advance
!!
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