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Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:52 am
Just changed the plugs in my VG33e Pathy yesterday. What a pain! That back plug has to be done completely blind. I couldn't even get my hand back down there to feel around. Just had to trust that I was on the plug, and that the new plug was going in the hole. It was the first time I've changed the plugs on my truck, and it appears that the person who did the plugs last time actually used some sort of glue to stick the plug to the tool while lowering into place. Even with the factory tool it is not an easy job. I know you are asking for the factory tool - you need it. I think it would be even harder to do the job with traditional tools. The plug angles slightly back, and the firewall cowl is directly over the plug.
Mine is different from the jack tools... there were two metal tubes and one metal bar each around a foot long. One of the two tubes was for the rear plug, and the other was for the rest. The metal bar was used to turn the tubes.