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04-06-09, 03:15 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V  | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The City | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
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Originally Posted by ahahnu  There is a guy that frives a Ford 350 diesel with 4 inch stacks by my house every day at 1 am. I live in a quiet neighbor hood. I hate the bastard. When he was coming down the hill in the snow and missed the turn, broke his axel in front of my house, I cheered from the front window. Go for it. | Man, I feel your pain. There is some character with a Ducati or some sort of V-twin that goes past my house at about 3 in the morning revving and blipping through every gear.
Bigjim, I just don't want to be the guy who all the neighbors shake their fists at! As it is, I scare the cyclists when I come down the street at 3,000 rpm's. |
04-06-09, 08:58 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast Cadillac(s): '05 CTS-V Black-Black | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SouthEast PA Age: 39 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
What brand wires & plugs did you go with? GM/ACDelco OE? If the wires were aftermarket, how was the fitment? |
04-06-09, 12:40 PM
|  | Baddass V Lover | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Newark, Ohio Age: 48 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
Hmm, it only took Me like an hour with all stock parts.... |
04-06-09, 01:30 PM
| | BLING IS AMERICAN RICE Cadillac(s): '04 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Just North of Titletown... | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
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Originally Posted by SFBayV Man, I feel your pain. There is some character with a Ducati or some sort of V-twin that goes past my house at about 3 in the morning revving and blipping through every gear.
Bigjim, I just don't want to be the guy who all the neighbors shake their fists at! As it is, I scare the cyclists when I come down the street at 3,000 rpm's. | On the flipside, my Town Car is too quiet. In a parking lot or some of the back roads near my home, pedestrians and cyclists can't hear me coming and get in the way. boom.
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04-06-09, 03:09 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 05 Cadillac CTS-V | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Age: 23 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
Its a pain in the ass if you don't have a boot removal tool when changing the OEM Red AC Delco wires. Once those metal jackets are off, your next tune up shouldn't take that long at all.
Removal of the battery and the 3 zip ties that hold the wiring harness to the fuse box on the passenger side helped out a lot. I ended up zip tying the harness to the upper portion of the battery bracket to keep it from falling while i was working. As for the dipstick getting into the way, it only took a very slight bend to get enough clearance. |
04-06-09, 03:17 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The City | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
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Originally Posted by CTSV05 Hmm, it only took Me like an hour with all stock parts.... | The most time consuming part was getting the old boots and shields off. The best way that I found was to rotate the boots on the plugs a little to loosen them up and that wasn't very easy to do since there wasn't enough room. Even with a spark plug boot puller and channel locks, it was a bear at times. But the new boots with a light coating of dielectric grease should dramatically ease removal if I need to do it again. Quote:
Originally Posted by Slithering_Joe What brand wires & plugs did you go with? GM/ACDelco OE? If the wires were aftermarket, how was the fitment? | I installed Bosch Platinum ir Fusion plugs and Magnecor wires. I've always had great results with these brands in the past on a variety of cars and trucks. Due to the fact that they're new and the originals had just over 52k miles on them, the mighty LS6 lights more quickly and is more responsive. |
04-06-09, 03:24 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The City | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
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Originally Posted by KaMaSuTrA Its a pain in the ass if you don't have a boot removal tool when changing the OEM Red AC Delco wires. Once those metal jackets are off, your next tune up shouldn't take that long at all.
Removal of the battery and the 3 zip ties that hold the wiring harness to the fuse box on the passenger side helped out a lot. I ended up zip tying the harness to the upper portion of the battery bracket to keep it from falling while i was working. As for the dipstick getting into the way, it only took a very slight bend to get enough clearance. | I may remove the battery next time I need to do this. In this instance, I removed the coils. I did reuse the metal sleeves though. I'm hoping that they don't pose a problem next time. |
04-06-09, 05:11 PM
|  | Drive It. Break It. Build it Better Cadillac(s): Platinum 2004 CTS-V | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Indiana | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
Get B&B's like bigjim said.....it only takes an hour tops to change plugs. Get one (if yo can even get em seperately) coolsox for the drivers side rear wire though. It just touches the header tube.
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04-06-09, 06:09 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast Cadillac(s): Cadillac | | | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
Took me 2 days. Still have scars on my hands. |
04-06-09, 06:24 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 05 Cadillac CTS-V | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Age: 23 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
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Originally Posted by SFBayV I may remove the battery next time I need to do this. In this instance, I removed the coils. I did reuse the metal sleeves though. I'm hoping that they don't pose a problem next time. | Removing those sleeves were the biggest gripe especially if you don't have the proper tools. I didn't reuse mine since they didn't fit over the Taylor Thundervolt 50s. I was actually thinking about removing the coils because there are plenty of sharp points around the coil brackets but I managed to survive. I will do that next time however thats not for another 30k lol |
04-06-09, 09:21 PM
| | BLING IS AMERICAN RICE Cadillac(s): '04 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Just North of Titletown... | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
Once you get a feel for the sleeves, it's not that bad. A set of channel locks and a lot of wiggling...
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04-06-09, 09:35 PM
|  | <----- go ahead and stare Cadillac(s): Maggied '05 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
remove the coil packs, it only takes 5 minutes and it'll let you get your fingers down there.
and to get the job done right you've got to get your fingers in there.
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04-06-09, 09:48 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 05 CTS-V raven black | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North West Florida Age: 33 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
how many fingers does it take to do it right?
wait, wut?
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04-06-09, 09:58 PM
| | BLING IS AMERICAN RICE Cadillac(s): '04 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Just North of Titletown... | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
More than 3.
wait, wut? |
04-07-09, 07:37 PM
| | Baddass V Lover | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Newark, Ohio Age: 48 | | | Re: 5 hour spark plug change
Oh hell yes you remove the coil packs....and it takes 6 fingers....
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