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Just changed the spark plugs in our '08 5.3 Tahoe.

 

A bit of advice for anyone not having done it and giving it a try, get a plug wire boot remover pliars and a 1 1/2" long socket extension for the #8 plug. It's still fishing in a blind spot, sticking a probing finger in there and hoping for good luck or an answer to prayers. The air conditioning drip tray makes wrench and hand access VERY difficult at #8. Prepare to have scraps on your hand and arm.

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Aw damn yeah did you try and remove the fender liner? I don’t when I do them but some of you kids may want to.
You can also take off the manifold heat shield so your hand can get back there easier


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2 hours ago, tlaw91 said:

Aw damn yeah did you try and remove the fender liner? I don’t when I do them but some of you kids may want to.
You can also take off the manifold heat shield so your hand can get back there easier


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Being 12 years old, 100,000 miles in the land of aggressive winter road chemicals nothing comes off our truck with breaking.

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2 hours ago, tlaw91 said:

Aw damn yeah did you try and remove the fender liner? I don’t when I do them but some of you kids may want to.
You can also take off the manifold heat shield so your hand can get back there easier


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Started down that road, took the wheel off, looked in there and I don't think that is the answer on our truck.  It's that darned air conditioner equipment, drip tray and hoses that obscures the spark plug.

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Being 12 years old, 100,000 miles in the land of aggressive winter road chemicals nothing comes off our truck with breaking.

Oh. I see. I have an easy 3 step process for rust, not too bad anyone can do it.
1. Sell that truck.
2. Move down south.
3. Buy a truck from the south
I tried it and it worked great no rust at all!


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19 minutes ago, tlaw91 said:


Oh. I see. I have an easy 3 step process for rust, not too bad anyone can do it.
1. Sell that truck.
2. Move down south.
3. Buy a truck from the south
I tried it and it worked great no rust at all!


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1. Can't afford a $70,000 replacement.

2. and 3. If we went south it would have to be near the ocean, so we'd be going full circle with the salt (just can't stay off the sand!) and missing snow at Christmas.

Guess we're stuck with rust and the Tahoe.

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10 hours ago, tlaw91 said:

Aw damn yeah did you try and remove the fender liner? I don’t when I do them but some of you kids may want to.
You can also take off the manifold heat shield so your hand can get back there easier


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Try? DID 

couple of screws and a hand 

full of pushpins

sat on a stool and changed all four

no strange contorsions over the fender

we are not as talented as you are, or as smartasssy!

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Try? DID 
couple of screws and a hand 
full of pushpins
sat on a stool and changed all four
no strange contorsions over the fender
we are not as talented as you are, or as smartasssy!

LOL it’s taken me years in a shop to perfect my smartassy-ness


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1. Can't afford a $70,000 replacement.
2. and 3. If we went south it would have to be near the ocean, so we'd be going full circle with the salt (just can't stay off the sand!) and missing snow at Christmas.
Guess we're stuck with rust and the Tahoe.

Ugh Florida cars can be just as bad as Michigan cars...
I worked at a Nissan store where the guy parked his Sentra with the driver side facing the ocean for about a year and a half.
2,000 mile car and we had to replace both front and rear brakes because the driver side pads and rotors were frozen solid with rust! Wheels pitting all the exposed medal rusty.
If you went to the passenger side, looked like a new car!


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4 hours ago, nqabigt said:

Try? DID 

couple of screws and a hand 

full of pushpins

sat on a stool and changed all four

no strange contorsions over the fender

we are not as talented as you are, or as smartasssy!

Mine appears to have two anchors put in from above under the battery tray which I didn't want to muscle around with. Not sure what they are holding but that and the face that the mudflaps are also involved in the inner fender cover was too much to mess with.

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