Wow $1400 for plugs that’s ridiculous! Thank you for the view and comment.

Outstanding glad it’s helpful for you! It’s odd for some people the audio is ok and others it’s garbage. I played it back on my PC and it sounds ok, choppy in a few spots and with wind noise but not horrible. Appreciate the view and comment!

Heck yeah, it’s a super easy job to complete! My only recommendation is get some copper anti seize compound I ran out and used regular which won’t hurt anything but the copper does better with heat for sure, you don’t need much. Thank you for the watch and comment!

It’s not real bad just time consuming. Thanks for the comment!

Right on! I’m the second owner and the plugs hadn’t been changed with 107k. I was surprised how little wear the factory plugs had. It’s not a hard job to tackle, just time consuming.

That for sure helps, those plugs sit way down in the cylinder head.

It slightly improved maybe by half a mile. I noticed the starts are quicker & idles smoother. It’s a gas guzzler but wouldn’t go with that new v6 twin turbo.

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Yeah unfortunately my iPhone doesn’t pick up my voice unless I’m extremely close to it.

the audio turned out bad in this session unfortunately. Working with a new setup soon and editing software just need to learn all the features.

@@RustyShackleford5_4_2 unless you’re throwing a code for a bad ignition coil I’d leave them alone, a stock replacement coil is not cheap. If they’re good I’d reuse them.

I looked in the owners manual and it called for 0.043IN. I had to adjust two of them out of the box.

Valid points thanks for the comments.

Yeah sorry about that I didn’t realize it until after I did the recording, fail on my part. Appreciate you attempting to watch though!

Wow that is insanely high! Plugs retail from Toyota at $11.40 each so roughly $91 before taxes. Unsure what Toyota your dealership charges for the repair rate but even at $110 dollars per hour the math doesn’t add up. I’m uncertain of what the Toyota flag rate would be to do plugs however it can’t be more than 2 hours. Do you have a breakdown your repair invoice?

Yep. My dealership gave a ridiculous quote similar to that also.

Good grief that is insane, it’s just plugs!

550 ? you can spend 100 for plugs, 450 for good mechanic tools and DIY.

A local shop charges $280 for iridium plug replacement

Yeah sorry about that, iPhone doesn’t pickup my voice really well when working outside the garage unfortunately.

heck yeah brother good for you in pushing to get it done! The tundra is unique with the plugs, I have a 2011 f150 with the 5.0 and it’s about the same. Everything right in the way! My 1986 mustang GT I could do the plugs in the 30 minutes or less! What size tires you running on your rig? I just upgraded to some 33s with a stock suspension. Thanks again for the comment!

@@wrenchops719 It had 35s on when I bought it (like Dealer Specials, cheap and not much grip especially in the rain), then shopped around and decided to 'downgrade' to 33s a few months later for a bit more oomph under my foot. Ironically I also picked up about 3mpg with the tire swap. Feels A LOT more planted on and off-road, adverse weather, etc. For a truck with a pretty serious lift, getting 14mpg average and up from 10 (!!) seemed like a whole 'nother vehicle. This was right at the tail end of 2019 before used truck prices went through the roof. You were right about that last plug under the loom, it wasn't nearly as bad as the others. I ended up unbolting the little brace thing as the wires sounded mighty crunchy in there, might as well try to avoid another catastrophe! Didn't even have to do the socket/extension trick I had to do with the rest of them. (I put in an aftermarket intake with the air dam separator which was a chore to work around, even pulling the tubing out above the plugs. The shield was really tough to install and I wasn't about to undo it unless I absolutely had to.) Sorry about the book-like response, but you know how it goes with passionate topics. 👍 For me having to jump up on the bumper and wreck my back for two hours (it definitely would have been at least an hour shorter without working around the height issue), I'm glad it's done, so thank you for the filming assistance on that last plug! I told the wife if I ever meet two of the engineers who designed this truck, one was getting a fist bump for overall reliability, and the other who gave the final okay on packaging was going to receive the mightiest kick in the balls ever lofted by a human being. I've done everything on every vehicle I've ever owned short of transmissions, and spark plugs were at most like a 30 minute job, and that was normally with swapping out an alternator and a distributor at the same time.

I’m running 33’s right now. Just put some wrangler territory MTs on last week, so far pretty decent. My mileage is still horrible and I drive extremely conservative, averaging about 13.6 mixed driving. Previous owner did the the TRD intake and exhaust, but it is what it is. That last plug on the passenger side for sure but not horrible. I swear before an engineer does any design they must be a line tech for a minimum of two years to fully understand constraints, I agree the Toyota longevity is outstanding but good grief some of the service item locations could of been way easier. I had a chance to peak under the hood of a new 2022 & basically laughed with the layout, no way would I want to own a new body style and maintain that new engine! Thanks again for the comments!

@@wrenchops719 Not a problem my man! Somehow Tundras really fall into my wheelhouse of jet engines, carbon composites and associated interests, probably because they all work backwards of expected dictated physics. Speaking of royal pains, if/when you ever do the alternator on this truck, save yourself a few hours and a small migraine and take it out the side of the front right wheel well area. I was foolish and tried to do the 'traditional' route (but then again, traditionally it'd be on top of the engine, away from water and easier to get to!) and removed it out the top, but there is an absolute butt ton of crap in the way. There's also a trick to getting the belt off that pulley, where you push it down to remove tension as normal, but there's a recessed hole that holds it into the engine with a punch or suitable bolt. I demolished my rotator cuff in my shoulder trying to wrench down on it and slip the belt over, then spent 3 hours trying to wiggle it up the front between engine and radiator. To reinstall, I looked at where else it could go in, went with slipping it between some hoses and junk in the passenger side wheel well and it was back in about 20 minutes. 🤦‍♂ Yeah, the new truck looks relatively nice, but the V6 was a deal killer before I even saw the engine bay. Toyota's whole mantra is replicating what sells on USDM trucks and 'perfecting' the engineering bugs. F150s were their rival for this generation, so they did their improvement of Ford's Ecoboost and adopted the TT V6; the previous gen truck was a Toyota-version of the GM 350 essentially, and for all it's intricacies and mysterious foibles, it is one of the best engines I've had in a vehicle. Real world street mileage between the old 5.7 and the V6 is negligible at best, and I'm not about to take a low-stressed V8 and swap in an untested turbocharged Highly stressed V6 in a $60K truck to see how long it will last, but I seriously doubt you'll hear many stories about million mile Tundras out of this new generation. If they really wanted to improve the segment, I'd been lamenting doing a mini-hybrid system with the V8 and putting electric motors up front or gap-filling with electric power to help the mileage issue. A factory option with a long-legged transmission and Toyota could absolutely get the fuel mileage the of 3UR V8 into the low 20s.

Great tips for the alternator replacement, hopefully mine will last to at least 150K! I agree & understand why they’re shifting the engine market however it’s a massive gamble and will not have a long life span.

The audio wasn’t working??

@@wrenchops719 yes. Very low

Well shoot, still figuring out the best ways to record. I’m just using my phone, I’ll upgrade soon with a different setup and mic.

@@wrenchops719 sound good thanks

Wasn’t worth the additional dollar ten per plug, denso makes a good unit.

Stick with OE