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Lpowel02
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 05:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

silly me...I went to the fridge yesterday, grabbed a cold beer, went out to the garage and thought..."OK, I'll just swap out my plugs and enjoy this beer..."

oy vey...I knew it wasn't easy, but jeezus man...

anyone got any tips/tricks that make changing the plugs any easier? I have the right tools, just wondering if anyone has come up with anything good...

why do I think the answer to this question is going to be "no"

did I mention that once I had my old plugs out and took the time to look at the new ones, I realized that Joe Parts Monkey from my HD dealer had given me the wrong ones?...my fault for not double checking him...I mean, he only does it for a living
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Darthane
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 05:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I nevver found it to be all that difficult, even the rear. Just a good old open ended wrench on the front, and a swivel joint for the real...voila. The fuel hose trick for getting it started works well. -=shrugs=- I have pretty small hands, which I imagine makes things easier as well.
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Mookie
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 06:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

did you reference the part numbers correctly?

i believe that there are plugs for hd and buell that are the same just with a different label because i thought the same thing when i got mine but got home and checked the part number to be correct.

i didnt think changing out the plugs was that hard and believe me, i can break anything.
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Lpowel02
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 06:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yeah, I guess smaller hands would help...my hands are pretty big which made getting them back in, and making sure they were in straight, very frustrating...
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Lpowel02
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 06:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mookie - the plugs he gave me had different numbers, which didn't bother me that much for the same reason you mention...but once I had them side by side the newer ones were around 1mm longer, so I knew something was wrong

Maybe I was having a bad day or somethin...but I wasn't finding it easy at all......oh well
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Mookie
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 08:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i find that looking at porn helps in these situations.
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Fullpower
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 08:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

how about wires? any one find some good quality plug wires that work when wet?
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420at145mph
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 10:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

im using screamin eagle plugs for some fatass harley with custom ends they work great
but im gonna be replacing em with buell pro wires
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Captainkirk
Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 12:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)



edited by captainkirk on July 13, 2004
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Brucelee
Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 07:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Has anyone found an iridium plug for the XB9?

Also, at what mileage are you guys swapping these out? I have 5K miles on my XB and it is running fine. Just want to know when I might think about doing this?

Thanks
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Xb9er
Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

NGK Iridium Spark Plugs #KR8AI/Stock No. #5477
Gap 0.040
Check NGK website for details.

Mike.
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420at145mph
Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

www.sparkplugs.com has the iridiums for like 6.50
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