Thanks for the reply. So I do it from the top, remove the coils,which I figured I would do and get a few scrapes on the hands. Just wanted to make sure there was not a magic trick to make it easier. I have the Mercedes spark plug wire puller that worked on the inline 6 but it doesn't seem to fit the V6 as well. Is there a new one. If the part number for the snap on socket is available I might as well get it as the V6 will be around for a while. Thanks again for the help.