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Originally Posted by Zeke View Post
I forget which side the furthest plug back is but seems to me the right side looking forward. I had to use a few different extensions 'during' the removal and installation of that plug. Getting the wire off and on was just as bad. You could have done this yourself. It's not easy to know when the cap is completely snapped in place.

An interesting thing about plugs. I got new ones at 80,000 and bought a different brand listed as correct for the 4.3 V8. Not cheap either. The engine ran slightly rough, just a bit, but it was enough to be annoying in that I was used to not even hearing it, much less feeling it. Went back to new factory plugs and it ran perfectly w/o a single adjustment.

Go figure.
You are correct. Cylinder 7 is on the passenger side close to the firewall. I died a horrible death changing that plug. I had to snake my arm between the battery and the a/c lines. Chewed both my arms.
I ended up installing the plug from the bottom. I checked the boot at least 5 times before doing the other plugs.
That's why I can't figure out how this happened 4 months after I did the work.
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