Gilly and vlowe,

First, thanks for the help.

Since the job seemed pretty easy I figured I'd go ahead and start. I do have the Hazet and it makes getting the spark plug wires off very easy except for the one closest to the firewall on the drivers side, cylinder 6. Anyway I did remove the coils, labelled them to be sure I put them back right. With the coils removed there is plenty of room to get the boots off from above. The 6th plug boot is still in place and I could use some more advise on how to remove it. I tried a regular 17mm wrench but to no avail. The Hazet is to long for me to get it in there; I could cut it but I want to sell it on Ebay when I'm done so I hesitate to do that.

I must say my plugs are extremely tight. I was almost afraid to loosen them, it seemed like it took so much torque to loosen them that they would break althought that has not happened yet. I tighten the ones I replaced to 28nm which is the same torque for the plugs on another German car I have which also has aluminum heads.

Again any hint for that boot closest to the firewall? I'll work on that tommorrow as well as the passenger side plugs.


Edited:
Well I solved my problem as to plug boot 6. I used a piece of wood, 2 1/2" long x 1 1/4 wide x1 1/4 high and placed it on the exhaust manifold and used it as a fulcrum to pry the boot loose with a regular 17mm wrench.

Edited again:

Here's a photo of the high tech device I used as a fulcrum.