# 1989 Dodge B250 spark plugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 17, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476 "2012-05-17T16:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/1 "2012-05-17T16:40:03Z")
Just bought an '89 Dodge B250 camper van for a summer road trip. It has the 318 V8. Needs a lot of deferred maintenance, which I will leave to the pros. But I would like to replace the spark plugs myself, as well as the dist cap/rotor and plugs wires if needed. My question is: can the spark plugs be accessed by taking off the engine cover inside the cabin? Or do they have to be accessed from underneath, with the van on a lift? ---
**Author:** ![mleich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mleich](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mleich)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/2 "2012-05-17T16:46:48Z")
Inside the cabin. If you are lucky . . . ---
**Author:** ![GSragtop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7c8e57/32.png) [@GSragtop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSragtop)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/3 "2012-05-17T19:25:22Z")
Yeah you should be able to get them from inside if you pull the engine cover… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/4 "2012-05-17T21:21:41Z")
You’ll have to remove the dog house to do most of them. I believe a couple of them are accessed under the hood. ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/5 "2012-05-18T01:41:54Z")
OK, thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/6 "2012-05-18T02:27:41Z")
If you can’t get them through the doghouse or from under the hood, try going through the wheel wells. You may have to remove a plastic or rubber splash shield, but that should be no big deal. They are usually held in place by friction fit plugs. ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/7 "2012-05-19T03:55:48Z")
OK, thanks. Got the doghouse off by unbolting the hinges from the floor. What with the giant front seats in the way, I don’t see how the engineers expected that thing to tilt back…Any how, mission accomplished. And that doghouse also explains why the oil was 2 qts low…pain in the arse to get at the oil filler cap… ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/8 "2012-05-19T04:04:27Z")
Factory seats go back far enough to allow the engine cover to be removed. Custom seats, good luck. There should be an oil fill tube under the hood about 2 feet long connected to one of the valve covers to add oil. ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1989-dodge-b250-spark-plugs/72476/9 "2012-05-19T04:31:06Z")
Camper conversion, so must be the custom seats interfering…Sawzall is called for… Nevada, thanks, will look for that filler tube.