PSA
If, by chance, you’re looking to change the spark plugs on a 2000 Jeep Cherokee you should note that the “thingies” that look like spark plug boots on the right hand side of the engine are not spark plug boots.
They woull be your fuel injectors.
If, by chance, you are driven to remove said boots from the engine block thinking that they are spark plug boots then you’re an idiot.
Welcome to my camp.
Now, removing said boots isn’t a big deal. There’s four bolts and you just do your thing with them, yank on a pipe, and viola — injector heads. To put them back is just the reverse, just be careful to line everything back up right.
The problems, for me, started to occur when I sheard off a bolt head. Snapped it clean off!
No problem, head to Home Depot on Sunday to grab a drill (lost my old one) and a left-hand screw extractor.
Sucker came right on out.
Come Monday I get to work putting it all back together and make a trip to the hardware store to replace the O-rings just to be safe. Might as well do it right!
Sheared off another bolt head.
No biggie, I’ve fixed this before. Problem is, this one didn’t shear real clean and I can’t get a good start on the thing. Smack it with a phillips screw driver a couple of times to get a starting divot but it didn’t help.
Yeah, I’ve pretty much reamed the hell out of the threads on that hole, gone through a couple of drill bits, and I’m totally freaking stuck.
On top of that, odds are I’ve gotten a metal shaving or two into my fucking cylinders.
So, off to my online stock trading account to snag some cash. I’m gonna need it to get this shit all fixed up.