ok, a little progress today....i decided the digital multimeter i bought was crap, and didnt work....or im just too stupid to use it properly.....anyway, i went and got an analog multimeter a while ago....came back, filed off some paint on the chassis to ground, and took readings on each plug....plugs 1, 2, and 3 gave no reading at all....plugs 4 and 5 gave a reading of 5 ohms, both of them....not 0.5, but 5 ohms...im assuming that i need to replace all plugs and do a valve adjustment and go from there....whats sad, is the fact i can do all this myself, but i was in an accident last year and can only open my hood about halfway....now that i have to perform all this work, it means im going to have to pay someone to fix my hood for me....so, ill have to tow it to a body shop, and then tow it back, just to even think about working on it....and all a week before Christmas....hard to feel all warm and jolly without being able to drive my pride and joy

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thanks again for the advice, this site would be crap if it werent for all you nice folks out there.....and if you have any plug changing tips for me, im all ears