Well this was inevitable. Replacing all the spark plugs on my Truck-kun. Not as easy as on a CRV or RDX, but no were as shitty as I thought it would be cknsidering the MDX or my Truck-kun is a V6. But because Honda hates normal, the V6 was put in horizontally instead of verticly. So step one was actually replacing the hood struts witch that alone was a bitch to do because I was being a dumbass about it.
Step 2 is remove the 2 plastic covers. The top one and front half one. After that I had to get a HW6 to remove these allen bolts that hold the outer half of the plugs. Oh and remove the wires of course. Then the outer rubber plug peices.
Use a magnet after losening and unscreing the old plugs, and add in anti seize to the new plugs and reinstall half of it all. Not really that bad except the radiator was in the fucking way so Id be reliant on the U joint adapter on my dewalt kit.
Back half. Despite the shitty visibility and needing the ujkint adapter the whole time, was actually easeyer then the front half even if I needed to use a short ladder because it was mostly a void. No big ass radiator in my fucking way. Instead I had to remove a throttle peice thats electricly controlled and move it. Proccess is lretty much the same but I lost a bolt so I had to borrow my grandmas car to get new M6-1.0 bolts to re-install the throttle peice.
Ill say it like this. Why accura didnt base there SUV from the CRV first is beyond me. Mabe they understood Americans are dumb enough to have the "bigger is better mindset" so they chose there MDX to be based off the pilot.
Either way, theres a strong line between owning a luxry car (if it still should be considered luxury due to it being 233K miles) and working on a luxury car. I myself have crossed that line a couple times with my Truck-kun. Oil changes, brake/rotor replacements. Spark plugs. Removing/re-installing the foot rest a billion times for dumb reasons. Ill tell yout what. You reap what you sow.
I chose to go for Truck-kun, and got the truck-kun experience. At least I dont have to replace the head gasket anytime soon. Next thing Ill probably do is either transmission work or replacing the parking brake shoes. Both will have there own challenges.
Step 2 is remove the 2 plastic covers. The top one and front half one. After that I had to get a HW6 to remove these allen bolts that hold the outer half of the plugs. Oh and remove the wires of course. Then the outer rubber plug peices.
Use a magnet after losening and unscreing the old plugs, and add in anti seize to the new plugs and reinstall half of it all. Not really that bad except the radiator was in the fucking way so Id be reliant on the U joint adapter on my dewalt kit.
Back half. Despite the shitty visibility and needing the ujkint adapter the whole time, was actually easeyer then the front half even if I needed to use a short ladder because it was mostly a void. No big ass radiator in my fucking way. Instead I had to remove a throttle peice thats electricly controlled and move it. Proccess is lretty much the same but I lost a bolt so I had to borrow my grandmas car to get new M6-1.0 bolts to re-install the throttle peice.
Ill say it like this. Why accura didnt base there SUV from the CRV first is beyond me. Mabe they understood Americans are dumb enough to have the "bigger is better mindset" so they chose there MDX to be based off the pilot.
Either way, theres a strong line between owning a luxry car (if it still should be considered luxury due to it being 233K miles) and working on a luxury car. I myself have crossed that line a couple times with my Truck-kun. Oil changes, brake/rotor replacements. Spark plugs. Removing/re-installing the foot rest a billion times for dumb reasons. Ill tell yout what. You reap what you sow.
I chose to go for Truck-kun, and got the truck-kun experience. At least I dont have to replace the head gasket anytime soon. Next thing Ill probably do is either transmission work or replacing the parking brake shoes. Both will have there own challenges.
