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Hey guys.
I used Bellz instructions basically but added a few tips I found~
Here's the link to his DIYClick Here

=TIP 1=The BEST PRODUCT you can buy to install the plugs is the "wine-opener 5/8" spark plug remover" from autozone, it's 3.30 with tax. It's great it has a rubber ring inside the deep well of the socket to catch the sparkplug after you have loosened it. You can also use a deep well 5/8" socket and a 6inch extension. I call it the "wine-opener" because it has handles on top like a wine-opener and you can twist off to loosen or tighten, plus it's already 6 inches long so thas basically all you need for the plugs itself.

=Tip 2=After you take off the spark plug cover and the 10mm nut and unclipped the plug harness you use the socket to loosen the plug (turn counter) you need a lil elbow grease but if you can't do it then you take a wrench (any size) as long as the wrench hole fits over one of the handles (so basically almost any normal wrench) on the spark-plug remover and you can use the wrench to slide it on the handle and use it as an extension. I had to do it for one plug, it was freakin stuck in there and your back starts to ache[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]

=TIP 3=If you can't get the spark plug out after you loosened it do NOT worry. I bought the gizmo and the rubber inside didn't want to stay in there so what I did was I took it off. The rubber inside the socket IS NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL! The last DIY explains how you need it and you mite have trouble. You wont. All you do is loosen the plug untill you cna see that it's loose (You kno when it's totally loose if the plug is no longer standing straight up, it'll be leaning on the wall. Then you take the long plug harness and stick it in there and pull it out and there's the plug, stuck to the end of the extension.

=TIP 4=Now everyone's biggest question: "HOW FAR DO YOU TIGHTEN IT??" You tighten it pretty far but not so muuch you need to put your weight into it. stand straight up above the engine and start to tighten (clockwise). It will get to a point where you will feel it tighten and give it a few more turns untill you can not do it by hand. Then give it a small "umpff" to amke sure it's connected to the gasket and walll-lahhh

=TIP 5=Ok you start the engine and it's idling HIGH! Like almost 2k. Do not panic this means you havn't tightened it enuff. It's better to have it loose than to tighten it more. Because when it's loose your engine will grumble and indle very very high and if it's too tight you won't kno untill you replace them plugs again and what do you find? Stripped threads So go back and tighten a lil bit more and you should return to normal.


Good luck!
BTW: I got IK16's AND I LOVE THEM! I jus got back from driving around town in 2nd the whole time basically and it responds so well. No ponies detected obviously, but it responds awesome through gear changes and when you give it a lil gas.

 
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good DIY!!!! EXCELLENT JOB MAN!!

 
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Nice job, SLeePeR012. I have a few comments tho.

Not important? If the rubber ring inside the socket doesn't stay in, go get your money back or buy a new one. It should NOT come out. Get a decent Name Brand Spark Plug Socket. Removing the spark plug with a part that wasn't meant for it (the ignition coil) can damage the coil. If something were to break off with this maneuver, you'd have a foreign object in the combustion chamber and major problems when you fire it up. Besides that, those coils are about $36 apiece online, $47 at the dealer. Finally, how are you gonna put it back in...with the coil again? This is where the rubber ring really helps, by holding it firmly so you can align the plug correctly. Use the proper tool for the job and you won't create unexpected problems! Plus, always tighten the plug by hand, without a wrench, so that you can feel that it's threading straight. You'll know quickly if it's not, because it'll tighten up before you get a turn or two.

If you'll read the back of the spark plug box, you'll see it has specific directions on tightening the plugs. It shows two types of plugs, gasket seated and taper seated. We have the gasket-type plug. It clearly shows 1/4 to 1/2 turn to properly seat the gasket and torque the plug. Doing this by "feel" can damage a plug, strip the threads, or produce the "grumble and high idle" you mentioned in Tip 5.

 
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Yea this is wha happened.
I bought it and took it out of the package. I used it on the first one and when I pushed down on the plug to get the grip on the rubber and turned it loose I started to take it out and.....*POP* The rubber stuck to the plug inside the head. So Im like well this kinda sux and I put the socket back in and tightened the plug and pulled the socket straight up with the rubber and took the rubber off and went at the plug inside the head again. This time without the rubber. I jus loosened it and saw that it was ready for the pulling and took the plug harness and popped it in. I kno wha Bellz is saying about when you put the plug back in it has to be straight but with the stock plug harness it's already set to be straight, it has to. So I used the stock plug harness to get the plug out and in, cuz u'll notice it has rubber at the end too.

 
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GUYS, dont buy that crap....ALL you need is a regular 5/8 socket, 10mm wrench and a flathead srewdriver....USE THE COIL ITSELF to take out the plugs and put the new plugs in...VERY EASY

 
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lol...
so how about I got a poor mileage after i install the sprak plug??
wht should i do??
and by the way, how can I pick the spark plug out again??
cos body shop chg the sparkplug for me. and they should did a bad job in order to kill my mileage =(

 
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I recommend buying the 5/8" spark plug socket....it's a lot easier to take it out than trying to stick other things in that tiny tube.

oh, and i'm quite sure that they should be tightened at 13lbs

 
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If a shop installed them for you, and you get poor gas mileage, take it back to them and tell them to do it right!! If you or they ordered the wrong plugs, or they were gapped wrong, that could result in poor mileage. Don't do it yourself if you paid them. Make them fix it.
I've commented on this before. Do not use the coil for removal or inserting the plug unless you absolutely can't get use of a spark plug socket. They are too expensive to be using them like a wrench. Would you rather buy a 3 or 4 dollar socket or a $47 coil? Do it right the first time.
Like I said before:
"Removing the spark plug with a part that wasn't meant for it (the ignition coil) can damage the coil. If something were to break off with this maneuver, you'd have a foreign object in the combustion chamber and major problems when you fire it up. Besides that, those coils are about $36 apiece online, $47 at the dealer."

 
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Yea..i'm going to try installing the spark plugs in myself for the very first time..hope I don't screw up..
I had bought Bosch...(Bosch install was done by a friend) but since everyone says how crappy they are for our civics..i'm going to install the dirty, NGK (stock ones) back in, Myself....