Exactly what I'm doing in the garage but I know those alligator clips aren't the sturdiest-looking at staying put but as long as the tender is green I know I'm good.
Yup. They popped off a few times. Had enough of that! Now have a more permanent and user friendly connection.
Looks like a gas fume charcoal absorbing panel. It adds 10 HP when you go WOT and all those extra gas fumes get sucked off the panel, lol.Deleted the weird filter in the intake.
Smooth out the airflow In the airbox. I run a high flow filter in the stock box which is quite good IMO.
NGK plugs use nickel plated threads, there is absolutely no need to use anti seize on install. It's not gonna hurt anything, but the chances of having a seized spark plug in a modern engine with quality plugs is about 0.1%.I changed out the oem spark plugs on my Ecoboost Mustang today and installed pre-gapped one step colder plugs that was bought from Tune Plus website about two months ago.
At around 19,110 miles, the oem spark plugs looked alright but I did notice that the cylinder 2 oem plug gap is noticeably wider than all others. None of the oem plugs' gap were even, they all noticeably different.
Tools I used to change from oem spark plugs to ngk pre-gapped one step colder plugs (5/8 spark plug socket, 16mm long socket, extension, ratchet, 8mm long socket and ratchet with extension, screwdriver).
I found out that the easiest way to get the spark plugs out is to first use a ratchet with extension and regular 16mm long socket to loosen the spark plug before using the 5/8 spark plug socket to take out the spark plug.
Before installing the NGK pre-gapped colder plugs, I attached the spark plug to the 5/8 spark plug socket and added small amounts of anti-seize on the threads. Holding the socket extension that is attached to the 5/8 spark plug socket that is holding the plug I carefully installed the new plug onto the hole and started on it before tightening it until snug using the 16mm socket and ratchet with extension.
I know others say not to use anti-seize on the pregapped NGK one step colder plugs, why I do not know because I would rather not have them seize up and get stuck onto the engine. I also did not use a torque wrench since 10-13 lbs force is just snug tight.
The entire spark plug swap process took me around 30 minutes and I took my time.
Wow! Glad you saved both yourself and the car. Cheap Chinese made toolbox? The skull and crossbones should have told you it was dangerous.Installed license plate bracket. Almost got killed (and the car almost got buggered up!).
Was on the ground working a Stow-N-Show install when this happened:
The front of the car was right where the top box is. I was laying on the black mat with my head toward the tool boxes. As I was installing I could hear some *tink* - *tink* - *tink* sounds. I thought it was just my ears acting up and was not really paying too much attention. Then I heard the first of the drawers sliding out as the bottom box started to collapse! Now mind you, the car is inches away from the tool boxes. I managed to swing around and grab the bottom box in a bear hug and used my face to keep the top box from slipping all the way off the bottom and having it all crash onto me and the car!
So there I am, a lap full of heavy tools, my face pressed up against the top box trying to keep it from crashing, and no one for miles. Even if anyone was around to hear, the actual act of screaming would have sent it all crashing down. Oy! It took a good 15 minutes for me to get things stabilized. It was hairy to say the least! I was able to finagle the old floor lamp in place to sort of prop everything up. I also used a big box that has a new rag top in it (that I want to sell BTW, fits a 2014) to shore things up.
After I stabilized things I was then able to quickly jump in the car an pull it out of the way. As I pulled away it all came skittering down! You can see the top box was a bit tweaked, the bottom roller is trash. (You can also see the big box from the top in this shot.)
Post mortem showed the front wheels just folded over. Everything was tight. The drawers were all closed. The sheet metal on the bottom just gave out. That was the *tink* sound I was hearing.
Who would have thought a license plate bracket install would be so scary!
