NEVER drop a plug into the well, it could bend the electrode closed. Instead a piece of 3/8" rubber hose placed over the top tip and slowly put back in the well will work easier and will help in preventing crossing the threads as well. Hoped this helps
Thanks...would love to show part 2 but I ended up moving across country and sold 3 of my cars in the process. The Lincoln was one of the cars sold so I wasn't able to finish
Gary Ober Nice vid. I have the same car and on mine when I go to take off the coil I notice it was stuck frozen.. ha. Yes theres water in there . For the life of me I cannot fit a spark plug socket in the spark plug well. Its to thick. My socket size is 5/8. 3/8 drive
Jake Gonzales Thank you for commenting. That's strange. I know that the 13/16 spark plug socket doesn't fit, but a 5/8 socket 3/8 drive worked no problem for me. Perhaps you can find a thinner walled socket.
+Gary O (Gary's Garage) please help how do I replace the driver side coils? I know I have to take the intake manifold off but do I need new gaskets? please help if you can man
Northbaypatriot1776 Sure I'll help. I'd go here. www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/Lincoln-LS/IntakeManifoldV6/ The instructions said to inspect the gaskets and discard as necessary...so I'm assuming you'll probably want to get new gaskets. I was going to do it, but after I read I had to drain the radiator I decided to sell the car. The person who had the car before me took such terrible care of the car it was turned into a money pit. Every time I have purchased a nice looking car with an automatic I have paid dearly. Hope this helps.
Thanks gary any specific stuff I should be ready for? Got the mechanic guide with torque requirements and step by step directions for removing the manifold. Also plan on getting a new gasket before I dig in. Any other tips? Thanks Kevin
mk l I did not...There are several things that are wrong with the Lincoln LS that comes up in many of the forums. The coils are typically going bad with these cars. I believe there was a recall on the coils or at a minimum numerous complaints. The DCCV was a piece of junk and failing as well...which I replaced. The Clock spring also fails. The car takes premium gas, doesn't get good gas mileage, takes 7 quarts of oil. You really need to take the car to the dealership to do any work because the car is very specific on what it needs. If you don't put specific tranny fluid in it, it won't run right. Same with spark plugs, coolant, coils, etc. Replaced the catalytic converter...Just yesterday I traded it in with my van for a new van. It needed to replace the coils on the passenger side and I didn't feel like emptying all the coolant and taking off the manifold. My understanding is you should always replace all the coils at the same time and not just replace a few. Unfortunately I don't know how many ohms they should be reading. It's a beautiful car, it was just designed very poorly. I wish I never bought it.
I have owned a 2004 Lincoln LS since it was new 13 years ago None of what you said here is true or of any value There is never any reason to tell anyone a vehicle has to go to a dealer You obviously have no diagnostic experience or little patience or vehicle experience
pc zapp That's great you owned the car new. Had I owned the car new it would have been fine, however the person who owned it before ruined it. Someone used a jack to lift the car all along the driver side seam. The maintenance wasn't done. The computer to read trouble codes went bad. You cannot change the oil gasket on the v6 without extensive work. I've read the forums, people have the same problems with the car I had. The V6 was terrible. Had I purchased the V8, it probably would have been a different story. I have plenty of patience
Look under your hood at the OBDII label, its white and on the underside of the hood if memroy serves. In the bottom left corner of the sticker it says what the spark plug gap should be. You can also get this information from your local autozone, advanced store. Typically they come pre-gapped.
I like your video and used it a while back to help me change the spark plugs on my Lincoln and everything went perfect but now im hearing a weird noise from my engine. would you mind watching a video I posted and maybe, if u have had this issue or know of it, help me out a little ua-cam.com/video/17kfK4VaZQo/v-deo.html
NEVER drop a plug into the well, it could bend the electrode closed. Instead a piece of 3/8" rubber hose placed over the top tip and slowly put back in the well will work easier and will help in preventing crossing the threads as well. Hoped this helps
with the LS you must clean all oil in the plug wells or you will be re doing your coils and plugs in a few months.
Nothing wrong with autolite there a race proven plug for a reason hell I have them on my v8 ls and not one issue ever
Loved video, but would love to see part 2. Can you provide me with the part 2 please?
Thanks...would love to show part 2 but I ended up moving across country and sold 3 of my cars in the process. The Lincoln was one of the cars sold so I wasn't able to finish
How come you didn't show us how to do the hard side Gary
llengford Because I PCSed and had to sell 3 of my cars including this one
Dixie May Good point...about not dropping the plug and using a hose to tighten it up. Thanks for the tip!
Gary Ober Nice vid. I have the same car and on mine when I go to take off the coil I notice it was stuck frozen.. ha. Yes theres water in there . For the life of me I cannot fit a spark plug socket in the spark plug well. Its to thick. My socket size is 5/8. 3/8 drive
Jake Gonzales Thank you for commenting. That's strange. I know that the 13/16 spark plug socket doesn't fit, but a 5/8 socket 3/8 drive worked no problem for me. Perhaps you can find a thinner walled socket.
+Gary O (Gary's Garage) please help how do I replace the driver side coils? I know I have to take the intake manifold off but do I need new gaskets? please help if you can man
Northbaypatriot1776
Sure I'll help. I'd go here. www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/Lincoln-LS/IntakeManifoldV6/ The instructions said to inspect the gaskets and discard as necessary...so I'm assuming you'll probably want to get new gaskets. I was going to do it, but after I read I had to drain the radiator I decided to sell the car. The person who had the car before me took such terrible care of the car it was turned into a money pit. Every time I have purchased a nice looking car with an automatic I have paid dearly. Hope this helps.
+Gary O (Gary's Garage) I was told a long time ago never buy a car just because it look good. a ugly car is better then a pretty walk any day
What about the other side so you just replace the easy side right
Hey guys are u taking the upper intake off or just reaching the hard ones with extensions? Please advice thanks Kevin
I was going to take the upper off but got a new job suddenly across the country and sold the car
OK thanks gary. It's definatly gotta come off tho right no extensions for this job
@@kevinnelson3299 yes its about an hour job v8 didn't have as many issues as the v6
Thanks gary any specific stuff I should be ready for? Got the mechanic guide with torque requirements and step by step directions for removing the manifold. Also plan on getting a new gasket before I dig in. Any other tips? Thanks Kevin
@@kevinnelson3299 I'd check out lincoln vs Cadillac forum. It waz what I was going to use to replace the plugs and coils
did you check your ignition coils with a multimeter?
if so, do you know how many ohms it should be reading?
mk l I did not...There are several things that are wrong with the Lincoln LS that comes up in many of the forums. The coils are typically going bad with these cars. I believe there was a recall on the coils or at a minimum numerous complaints. The DCCV was a piece of junk and failing as well...which I replaced. The Clock spring also fails. The car takes premium gas, doesn't get good gas mileage, takes 7 quarts of oil. You really need to take the car to the dealership to do any work because the car is very specific on what it needs. If you don't put specific tranny fluid in it, it won't run right. Same with spark plugs, coolant, coils, etc. Replaced the catalytic converter...Just yesterday I traded it in with my van for a new van. It needed to replace the coils on the passenger side and I didn't feel like emptying all the coolant and taking off the manifold. My understanding is you should always replace all the coils at the same time and not just replace a few. Unfortunately I don't know how many ohms they should be reading. It's a beautiful car, it was just designed very poorly. I wish I never bought it.
I have owned a 2004 Lincoln LS since it was new 13 years ago
None of what you said here is true or of any value
There is never any reason to tell anyone a vehicle has to go to
a dealer
You obviously have no diagnostic experience or little patience
or vehicle experience
you didnt mean to reply to me right?
pc zapp
That's great you owned the car new. Had I owned the car new it would have been fine, however the person who owned it before ruined it. Someone used a jack to lift the car all along the driver side seam. The maintenance wasn't done. The computer to read trouble codes went bad. You cannot change the oil gasket on the v6 without extensive work. I've read the forums, people have the same problems with the car I had. The V6 was terrible. Had I purchased the V8, it probably would have been a different story. I have plenty of patience
I found out that Ford makes Auto lite? is this true? I hear that's the same brand
This is not true. FRAM Group, LLC. is the parent company.
That waz the easy side
All the plugs on the 3.9L coils are the same as 2007 ford F-150 with 5.4L knowing this will save you $25.00 on each one you buy.
what about the gap on the spark plug?
Look under your hood at the OBDII label, its white and on the underside of the hood if memroy serves.
In the bottom left corner of the sticker it says what the spark plug gap should be. You can also get this information from your local autozone, advanced store. Typically they come pre-gapped.
Thank you Gary.
Why didn't you change the other 3
Half ass job
Simple answer...I got another job 1600 miles away and traded it in for a newer van.
excuse me sir can u tell me the order of the cylinders i need to know where the 5th cylinder is please help
Yes, www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/showthread.php?48509-02-LS-V6-cylinder-order
Im sure you have already figured it out but passenger side is 123 and driver side is 456
Is there a part 2 for this video?
David Henson unfortunately no...I had to move and was required to sell the car
I like your video and used it a while back to help me change the spark plugs on my Lincoln and everything went perfect but now im hearing a weird noise from my engine. would you mind watching a video I posted and maybe, if u have had this issue or know of it, help me out a little
ua-cam.com/video/17kfK4VaZQo/v-deo.html
Hey Nick, sure I'll check it out.
Gary Ober thank u kindly
2006 Lincoln ls v8 is way harder than any other model.. especially the driver side
Well, the V6 is impossible to get to without removing the intake. I'd rather have harder than impossible.
Gary O on the v8 the oil stick is right infront of the screw for the coil cover. Debating on juss taking a hammer and breaking it off lol
Ser DeLeon
If you decide to do this...please make a video and share :)