04 Mach 1 Maintenance
#1
04 Mach 1 Maintenance
Sup Mustang bros, I got my 04 Mach 1 from a Ford dealership at 71k miles. I have NO IDEA if the spark plugs have been changed and i asume the brake pads havent since their screeching now. I have done searches over this Forum and found ALOT of people (and i mean ALOT) have problems changing spark plugs in a 4.6 engine. However, ive seen many posts of people NEVER having problems, such an ex quote "next time ill use a 1ft extension so i can change my plugs in 20 minutes instead of 2 hours lol", and much more similar to it. So should i risk changing my own plugs or is it REALLY that difficult?
Also on my pwoer steering fluid when i romove the cover cap i thought there was suposed to be a dipstick stuck to it but i found nothing. Just somthing floating in the resivor. How should i go about checking it?
Also on my pwoer steering fluid when i romove the cover cap i thought there was suposed to be a dipstick stuck to it but i found nothing. Just somthing floating in the resivor. How should i go about checking it?
#2
I dont belive the p/s cap has a dip stick on it there is a max/min gauge on the side of the bottle.
as for the plugs I did mine last fall and found all came out ok except the back cly pass side was corroded in. I sprayed some Pb blaster in there and let is sit a litle while and it came out with alill more force than all the rest did but it came out ok. I did put antisize on the threads when I reinstalled them though.
as for the plugs I did mine last fall and found all came out ok except the back cly pass side was corroded in. I sprayed some Pb blaster in there and let is sit a litle while and it came out with alill more force than all the rest did but it came out ok. I did put antisize on the threads when I reinstalled them though.
#3
IMO our cars are the easiest in the world for changing plugs. Like most cars, Ford says plugs are fine up to 100k mi., but like most stang owners I do mine every 50k or so. Like watman says use antiseize. Also, be sure the car is completly cooled down and you may want to use a socket that clicks onto the plug a little bit so that they're easy to get out.
#6
Very easy bro, just make sure you torque them down to the right inch pounds, I cant remember what that number is but you should be able to find my thread if you search for it. I did everything but the rearend fluid at 50k miles.