14mm, be careful where you buy Iridium plugs. The internet is full of nothing but counterfeits selling great look alike plugs and packaging for half the price... problem is they don't have iridium electrodes and poor quality.. Best to use major auto parts stores or the dealer.

 

14MM only.

 

Thank you both of you.

@Traylaw, thank you for the heads up about fake NGKs. I’m very well aware of that problem. 🙂

 

Having more tools is always better consider getting a magnetic spark plug socket. The ones with the rubber inserts tend to wear out and get crusty over time.

 

So. Follow up and closing this out.

Maintenance code A134 completed. Odometer is 101259.

Did not need to do 3 as the ATF was drained and filled last July and this was the first oil change after that. Planning to stick to every other oil change to do single ATF D&F so next one will have that.

Daughter was here for this weekend. Spent Saturday with this. I had ordered NGKs from Rock ASSuming I had NGKs from the factory. Densos came out of the engine. I feel robbed as I think I'd have saved money going with Densos. Paid more for the NGKs. Oh well.

Used a regular deep 14 mm socket to open up the spark plugs and then used a sears telescopic magnetic tool to grab and pull the plugs out. Was able to use the same tool to gently put the plug(s) in and turn it to get them started. 3 worked that way. One, the cylinder 2 did NOT. No matter what I did, the plug would not grab so I finally lost patience and gently let the plug drop in.

Buttoned it all up and then did an Oil and Filter change.

Went and rented the belt tensioner tool at Advance Auto. Did NOT work. Long one was too long and once I got the belt off, it would hit the motor mount so was no way to get the belt off. The short one in that tool set was too short and did not give enough leverage. Finally, borrowed neighbor's 18" SnapOn 19 and 17 mm combo box wrench to pull the tensioner and get the belt off. Was also able to put it on but needed a 2nd set of hands. I did not even need to remove the wheel or the bottom plastic panel. Was able to slip the belt on by slightly bending the plastic and seating the grooves of the belt in the pulley. Did need a second set of hands to help get the belt on to the tensioner. The helper held the belt pulled up and in tension so it never slipped off. Did spend about 30 mins in all to get the belt but it was fairly hot and the help was the wife so not technical. Had it been my teenage son, it would have been a LOT faster but he was at work.

Also got the rotation and balance of the tires done at the local Discout Tire.

Lastly, got 2 gallons of Honda coolant and purchased the burping funnel and got the coolant drained, refilled and burped. Washed off a bit of coolant which came out of the "leak-proof burping funnel". .

Daughter is all ready to load up and drive off to school tomorrow morning.

Sorry for the long saga. Hope it helps someone else in the future if they search and come across this thread.

 

You should get a sign to hang inside your workspace, “Dad’s Garage” so your daughter will remember all the good attention that you paid to her vehicle. Of what I’ve read, it looks like you did a great job and got a lot of satisfaction from doing it yourself. That’s LOVE! 👍🏻👍🏻