why so hard!!??

[ains]

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treated the car today to new ht leads, fuel filter, dizzy cap and arm and spark plugs. i was gonna do the oil and filter but i'll do that another day with mobil super s 10/40.
anyway, everything was very easy until i got to getting the old spark plugs out!!!! they didnt want to budge....i even snapped the tool. in the end i got a long wrench which worked but there was only one that was easy to unscrew. the others felt really tight and it was tight putting the new ones in. the old plugs were very black and sooty, is that about right???
took it out for a spin and it was going well, then when i put my foot down i felt a slight missfire. got home and there was coolant over the front bumper???!!!! had a look and the altanator had put a slit in the pipe that runs from the top of the expansion tank to the black circle thing lol.
another thing to do. still one of the most fun cars ive had tho.

[dangerous dave]

these cars are old, you fix one thing and break 10 others..

[Billy-G]

I always get the car nice and warm, then spray WD40 down the threads between the plug and the head. Do another job that takes 5/10 minutes, and the plugs come out easily.

Saves a lot of grief

[ains]

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yeah i'll bare that in mind next time cheers