Decided to change the plugs in my 56k '99 XK8 today. Picked up NGK Iridiums based on what I learned here. All was going incredibly smoothly for my first time doing this kind of maintenance on the Jag. Until one rubber boot decided to self-destruct and come apart when I tried to unstick it from the spark plug bore. Finally got it all free, but now what? It was completely unusable and it's Christmas Eve. After a couple of closer auto parts stores had nothing I could use, I drove over to NAPA, and they had replacement boots! Ford, Lincoln and Jaguar - it said it right on the little plastic parts bag. Longer than mine, but the counter guy said they could be trimmed easily. Got home, lined it up with the OEM one, and wouldn't you know it - the new one had a cut line molded right into the rubber that lined up perfectly with the OEM. Smooth slicing, and I have a new perfectly fitting boot. Finished the job, and she seems to start a bit quicker now. Purrs like a.. well, cat. Saved me a trip to the Jaguar dealer and having a dead car in the driveway. Thanks, NAPA man!

 

I thought this was about bacon.

 

NAPA hires excellent store personel. Most are very experienced, helpful, ect.

 

dont egg him on

 

I see what your doing here, and I toast you sir.

 

Ah. A little benedictine kindness.

 

I feel like my thread has been poached.

 

This is a welcome relief from the hard-boiled replies we usually see here


Cheers
DD

 

Don't egg him on!!!! That is really bad.

EZDriver

 

If you could work some hash browns or grits into here somehow, we'd have a buffet~

And, guys from up North, you can't order just one grit to see if you like them.

 

Sounds like NAPA saved you from having egg on your face.

 

Yeah, no waffling on which was the right part.

 

Glad they got you out of a jam.

 

you have to remember im english so my brains scrambled

 

You guys are really hamming it up!

 

Didn't know NAPA served breakfast.

 

Come on, people. You need to fry a little harder than this.

 

Hmmm. Omelet that one slide.

 

Don't toast 'em to long.

 

I like a good Yolk

Al