Tools needed to change spark plugs - Honda Prelude Forum

blacklude4k · 06-29-2005, 01:26 AM

What tools do i need to change my spark pluks on my h22a?

madcatz · 06-29-2005, 01:40 AM

a socket driver, extension, and a 6-pack

red92s · 06-29-2005, 05:34 AM

A spark plug socket makes things easier as well.

Qveon · 06-29-2005, 09:31 AM

6-pack? whoa i think 2 is a lot at most.

Here is how you do it if you don't have that special socket. Loosen the plug and lightly push the plug wire back over the plug. then pull the plug out of the whole and it grabs your plug too. Putting them in, just put a piece of tape on the socket and the plug so it holds the plug in the socket, put it in the whole and give a few turns by hand, etc and your good to go.

petern101 · 06-29-2005, 05:39 PM

btw remember to do it cold and buy anti-sieze and put on threads of the sparkplugs

96LudeSR · 06-29-2005, 06:32 PM

Yes anti-seize is important. Also a torque wrench would be good, but it's fairly expensive if you don't have one. It's not worth buying one just for a spark plug change.

Qveon · 06-29-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 96LudeSR

Yes anti-seize is important. Also a torque wrench would be good, but it's fairly expensive if you don't have one. It's not worth buying one just for a spark plug change.

Hey thats -5whp for every 1ft-lb over or under / plug!

Yea finger tight and a 1/16th of a turn.

petern101 · 06-30-2005, 01:02 AM

if you do decide to get a torque wrench........make sure its the right one.......cause i have one that is for 20 ft/lb +

you have to get one that uses smaller ft/lb

and or just read the instructions on the box........iirc on ngk's it says handtighten and then like 1/2 or 1/4 turn

sharkcohen · 06-30-2005, 01:12 AM

Spec for the spark plugs is 13 foot pounds. I use an inch pound wrench, 13 foot pounds is 156 inch pounds. I've never used antisieze on mine, I don't think that it is necessary if the plugs are properly torqued. I've never had any trouble.

Gabus · 06-30-2005, 06:17 AM

anti seize is cheap insurance would definitely use it, and the manual specifies using it!

sharkcohen · 06-30-2005, 11:01 AM

I would bet most people here overtorque their plugs. Yes, you should use antisieze if you do that.

SNsLude · 07-03-2005, 02:20 AM

The good ol' regular car manual just tells you to give it a good quarter turn once it makes contact with the cylinder head hehe.