Anybody know the spark plug gap on a

Step daughter called and I have to go put plugs in her van. None of my manuels have the dodge van and I never worked on one.

I'm going from memory here, but I am almost certain that one is set at .035".

It is either .035" or .045"; if you look at all the old plugs lined up together you should be able to get a good idea of where they were originally set.

I saw an '83 Skylark one time which had 117K miles on the plugs. There were no ground electrodes left. It ran just fine; owner just thought maybe it was about time for a tune up.

My point is: .010" one way or the other isn't going to cause a misfire. If it were an old low voltage point driven system, plug gap would be more critical.

Also, plugs are usually pre-set at the factory and will be pretty close to correct unless someone, somewhere has dropped a shipping carton or something.

Make sure that none have a gap that is completely closed, and I'll bet it will run just fine with the plugs installed right out of the box.

Hope someone else chimes in here & hope ya get 'er going,

Allan

Don't have a manual on that one either, but as a rule of thumb--points ignition .035", electronic ignition .050". That one most likely has electronic ignition. On GM the HEI system came out in the 70's. .050" should be close enough for it to run. Also, if you're buying new ones anyway, check each one for the gap--some may be bent but most of them should read about the same gap--those are likely correct.