Thanks for responding! I finally was succcessful at removing the plugs/wires on my Grand Prix SE. I can't believe you did it without moving the engine forward. You must be very experienced. I unmounted the torque struts or upper motor mounts (whatever they are called), rotated the engine forward, had the wife insert a couple of 1 foot pieces of two by four behind the alternator which held the engine forward and allowed me access to the plugs. I removed the coil packs and some type of harness that sits behind the coil pack to get better access to the plugs. I saved myself over a $130 so I'm happy with the outcome. Next time, I know exactly how to do it. It probably took me 2 hours or so due to inexperience
). My Grand Prix was firing at all prior to replacing the wires/plugs. It started right up after I installed the new wires/plugs! I hope this takes care of the firing problem that I have been dealing with for the last two weeks. It was like one day it fires and the next day, it just sits there crank crank crank but doesn't start.
Take care!
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Originally Posted by tblake
The best you can do is to rock the motor forward. Have someone push it backwards, and then go push the E-brake to hold it. Or else use a ratchet strap between a motor mount and the radiator core support to pull the motor forward. Then get a sparkplug socket and about a 5 inch extension. I did my girlfriends plugs in her grand prix SE in about a half hour without even moving the motor forward. Mine on the lumina was much worse. Moved the motor forward, but still took quite a while with all the air pump junk in the way. Got it done though. Be sure to be carefull not to cross thread a plug.
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