Replacing Suburban Spark Plug Wires

A mechanic suggested that the plug wires and coil wire could be the cause of my 95 GMC Suburban backfiring. I'm thinking of replacing them, together with the plugs, but the wires are held in place by several clips that are very hard to get to. If I ever got them undone, I don't know how I'd get them fastened back without major disassembly. One of them is neatly blocked by the fuel line.

Question: is replacing the plug wires on these beasts a notorious pain in the neck, or am I just being a wuss? Is there a procedure for this, or something that tells you how to get to those bloody clips?

Any assistance appreciated.

To follow the original path and tie downs, yes.

So, it's not the end of the world if you reroute the wires?

So, it's not the end of the world if you reroute the wires?
Not really but if you do not route and retain the wires in their original location, you take the chance of them coming in contact with something that could damage them (ie, chaff on metal, exhaust manifold, moving parts)
The clips are not that hard to get too, just use a long skinny screwdriver to release them.
Plus it makes the job look more professional...I could never get away with rerouting wires like that :nono:

like they say clips arn't hard to remove with screw driver...and i would sugjest you change them 1 plug and wires 1 at a time so you don't get them mixed up if you have never done this before..good luck.....


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