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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    longnecker...but did you have 6 year old plugs and wires?(stock)?
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    not yet.I can buy one at any local car place I take it...
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    What size Spark plug wrench and socket and extension

    Not for those..I know its just a phillips..lol.. I'm not that bad.. I just meant I know they are easier to get at with them removed.
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    Ive searched and saw it might be the o2 sensor? Well I will change the plugs and wires first..like I said when I had burnt wires on my 2000 I never had the bad hesitation,bogging and crappy acceleration.
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    What size Spark plug wrench and socket and extension

    I know you need to take off the wiper cowl and heater/ac box..I just was not sure on the exact specs on the tools.
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    What size Spark plug wrench and socket and extension

    A basic 3/8 drive ratchet, an 18 inch extension and a spark plug socket.Is this going to work?
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    What size Spark plug wrench and socket and extension

    you guys are so cool..I wish I could be like you!
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    What size Spark plug wrench and socket and extension

    im trying to learn.. you gotta start somewhere,right? Yes a friend is helping me (who is a mechanic).
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    battery I am not sure,as I have not looked yet..I was waiting for a jack to arrive as mine never came with one.
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    What size Spark plug wrench and socket and extension

    do I need to remove the plugs on an 02 rt10.Please and thanks guys,Kevin. Need the length of the extension and size of wrench..Anything else I need?
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    CEL IS ALWAYS on due to SSE. I have no idea on the cats. The Wizard and Jon think the plugs/wires as they have never been changed.
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    ps- thanks to both Chuck and Jon B...I will post my results asap after I do the change of plugs/wires to see if it solves the problem.
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    car running after warmed up.. no gas smell but burning smell in engine area and bogs and hesitates alot. no power between 500 and 2500 rpm. did not remove wires ever until checking them today. they look ok on the 1 end at least.
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    havent washed the car lately.Chuck said it was the bad wires and or plugs? I just noticed the gas smell this morning.Maybe its running too rich,misfiring? Wouldn't that explain the car sputtering and loss of power and idle vibration? Gas smell WENT AWAY after car was warmed up. They are the...
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    car running TERRIBLE..no power..gas smell on start-up

    car shakes/rough at idle,no power between 500 rpm and 2500 rpm..bogging feel and sound...gas smell STRONG when I started the car this morning. All stock 2002 RT10.Original plugs and wires.BURNING smell under the hood. I checked...nothing is touching the heat sheilds. Car has NO POWER between...
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    check engine light ALWAYS ON since I....

    So they just turn it off using a computer? Or am I stuck with it always on unless I take my skip shift eliminator?
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    remoing the clearcoat on rims?

    pics before and/or after? gen 2 stock rims? expensive to do? I would rather just get a pro to do it because I will screw it up.
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    original 02 plugs/wires

    I'm hoping when I put new ones in (plugs and wires) I notice a big improvment in power and smoothness. I am expecting too much? I don't know...
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    original 02 plugs/wires

    Damn! I had a problem of hesitation,low power when between 500 rpm-200 rpm's. Plastic smell under the hood....noticed it for first time yesterday in the humid warm (for November) weather.Felt like the car was "bogging" or gurgling. I ASSumed the dealership I bought my car from changed the...
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    check engine light ALWAYS ON since I....

    dont eliminate the harness just unplug the skip shift plug in so the light turns off.I can put it on a lift,unplug it and look for my current problem- see if the CEL comes on by itself without the SSE.That will at least tell me I DO have an engine problem.
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    door hinge nut size?

    exactly Dave....no idea. My other viper it sagged and could not close. I have a hard time opening this one more than closing yet it still is dropped to the sill.
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    remoing the clearcoat on rims?

    Removing the clearcoat on a Gen 2 with stock rims. I bumped into another guy with an 02 red rt-10. He had the clearcoat taken off his stock rims and they SHINE like crazy. I would like mine to look as good as his. Anyone have pics or know how to do it? I cannot believe how much...
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    check engine light ALWAYS ON since I....

    bought a skip shift eliminator (plug in).I guess I just have to disconnect it as Jon B. suggests? 2002 rt-10.Some years you can get the eliminator and the check engine light does not come on/stay on. Because of a possible plugs/wire/coil pack problem on my car I need to get rid of/disconnect...
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    door hinge nut size?

    I need to jack up my door as it is touching the side sill and on top ( the weatherstripping) near the inside handle. I need the size of the 2? screws? Is there a few for the cover too? If so what size are those? same size? 13 or 13 and a half? thanks.
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    wet sand for first time?

    thanks Paul. So on the color list RED is the easiest to make shiny? lol

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