cincyedge13

Update: I consider myself pretty handy, but after starting on the plug change and having some difficulty removing one of the hoses (and then getting confused figuring out what was what based on the instructions on here and on youtube), I got cold feet and backed off. I called a buddy who is a mechanic and he said he would come over and help me with it if I gave him some cash, so that's what we did. He made it look easy. He didn't even want to use the torque wrench; told me it would be pretty tough to get the plugs too loose or too tight and he had done so many of them that he could snug them by feel. Okaaaay. Took him about an hour to do the whole thing. I asked him why the shop said it would take so long, and he said that they just always over-estimate, that way if it ends up taking longer for some reason, they are covered. He said they do the same thing at his shop too. Anyway, I have new plugs now (Edge is running great) and I saved a couple hundred dollars without the fear of screwing up the job. Bottom line: this job isn't a cake walk, and there are things you could screw up big time if you don't know what you are doing. And the way things look under the hood may not match the instructions you find online, as I came to find out. My advice would be to know your limits and proceed with caution.

That did it! I was able to download and view the PDFs without issue. As others have stated, they are fantastic. Thanks for the help! I'll chime in after the plug change to let everyone know how it went.

Hello everyone. Newby here. I appreciate all of the info and am trying to tackle the spark plug change myself after my dealer told me it was a 4 hr job and would run me $528. (Local mechanic, whom I like and trust, told me it was 3 hr job and would be "at least" $400.) The issue I'm currently having as I try and get up to speed on the job is that none of the pics from this site will download. (I'm most interested in the PDFs in the OG post in this thread). I'm getting either an error message from the forum saying "something went wrong" and the "images aren't available" and/or a "blocked" message from my security software saying that the download contained a virus. If anyone could advise me on this, I would appreciate it.

The quote I got from my dealer to change the plugs in my 2013 Edge was $528. They told me it takes 4 hours, but it seems there are a lot of DIY folks here and on youtube who are able to do it in an hour or two, and save a lot of $$$, so I'm going to give that a shot.