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Replace Your Spark Plugs

By Matthew Wright, About.com

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Finishing Up & Testing it Out

New spark plugs and running great!

Install new spark plugs and you're ready to go!

Matt Wright
Repeat all the steps one plug at a time until you've done 'em all. Now start her up and listen to the purr!

*If you decided not to listen and pulled all the wires off at once, you might have mixed up the plug wires. You'll know if you did because it either won't start, will run really rough, or if you're very unlucky you'll hear a deafening backfire. Now you have to go and look up your engine's firing order, correspond that to the points on the distributor cap after you set the engine to Top Dead Center and put them all back on. Doesn't it sound easier to replace them one at a time?

While you are in there staring at everything, it might be a good time to inspect your plug wires. Safety first. You're done!

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