Spark plug starter

[signcrafter]

I bought this last month and got to use it today, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IE5TSQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20. I was amazed at how nice it was for doing plugs. Stick the plug in the end of the tool, it has a foam insert to hold the plug snug. Slide the plug into the spark plug tube, you can bend the tool as you go to make it easy in tight locations. Then just spin the knob on the end and it will thread the plug into the hole. It really made doing plugs easy. If you don't have one they are well worth the 11 bucks.

 

[Aura]

I have always used a chunk of rubber gas line.

 

[JJThrasher]

I use a 3800 plug boot torn off the wire here.

 

[signcrafter]

I have always used a chunk of rubber gas line.

I have always used a chunk of heater hose also until today. I just saw this on amazon when I was placing an order for some other stuff and decided to add it to the cart. It's a lot better then a chunk of hose. The actual red flexible parts stay stationary while you turn the knob on the end and it has something inside that rotates the other end. It worked a lot better then twisting a rubber hose.

 

[Tinner]

I have always used a chunk of rubber gas line.

Me too. Probably one of the oldest mechanic's tricks. I haven't found anything that works better. I have two pieces, one about 3" and another about 5". They are so old, they have become slightly stiff, which actually makes them work better.

 

[signcrafter]

Like I said I also used rubber hose for years and it worked. But the fact that the outer part doesn't spin and the inner part does when you twist the knob is a real plus over rubber hose. And this one bends how ever you want unlike a rubber hose.

I guess it's one of those things you have to use to understand. But for the price it's well worth it.

 

[Rlfd213]

I bought one of those 20 years ago and still have it. It works great.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Thanks for posting, I will have to add on of these to my tool kit.

 

[mowersplus84]

I agree with aura .i have always used a piece of black rubber line . cheap and effective some times the old schools ways are the best

 

[Aura]

With all that being said, (and me trying to keep an open mind in my old age) I can see how that could be an improvement. However I wonder if you can feel where your plug is and what it's doing as well as the hose allows you to.

 

[signcrafter]

With all that being said, (and me trying to keep an open mind in my old age) I can see how that could be an improvement. However I wonder if you can feel where your plug is and what it's doing as well as the hose allows you to.

I can tell you that it allows you to "feel" the plug going in ten times better then a piece of hose. Honestly you don't even have to feel anything. You bend this tool and stick the plug in and on all 6 cylinders it found its own way in. This was on a transverse engine. The back plugs I just bend the tool to fit and stuck the plug in and rebent as needed and then turned the knob. If it was threading wrong the plug would slip in the foam. But I didn't have to feel anything. Stick the plug in and thread it as far as it would go and then put the plug socket on my inch/lb torque wrench and do the final clicks to the right spec. Simple as it gets.

I've done hundreds of plugs with hose and then torquing to spec but this makes it way easier. I'm not trying to sell this thing, just sharing my experience with it. If others want to buy it they will understand, if not that is fine with me.

 

[SuperchargedTundra]

I'll give it a try for $11

 

[619DioFan]

I bought this last month and got to use it today, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IE5TSQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20. I was amazed at how nice it was for doing plugs. Stick the plug in the end of the tool, it has a foam insert to hold the plug snug. Slide the plug into the spark plug tube, you can bend the tool as you go to make it easy in tight locations. Then just spin the knob on the end and it will thread the plug into the hole. It really made doing plugs easy. If you don't have one they are well worth the 11 bucks.

Got one of these about 10 years ago. they are very handy , especially for hard to reach plugs. I also have 2 different lengths of 3/8 fuel line that I use as some times I find this one a little too long. but , it is a very handy tool.

 

[bczygan]

Just ordered one for my Astro Van. $13 something but free with points.

Bill

 

[wood02]

I use one. Makes changing plugs on my 2000 Chevy Silverado, 5.3, much, much, easier.

 

[Alamedasam]

I just ordered two, thanks for the heads up!

 

[Odes]

I think I need one of those

 

[Tonyuk]

I use a spark plug socket on a long swivel extension to remove + start mine.