I'm ready to do a tune-up

Thank you for your quick reply Merlin. I will pop the hood tomorrow after the rain passes through here and be a lot clearer on what is blocking access to the back 4 plugs. Why I'm asking before I start unbolting anything under there! Ah, for the old TC and Austin A-40 days.

Ok, Merlin, I've attached a couple of photos from the net of the engine area of the 88 for reference. The large, light colored, square housing just aft of the oil filler pipe, and with the bridge extension to the driver side, is what seems to have to come off to get clear access to all of the plugs. (Is absolutely NOT the air filter unit as I had recalled it yesterday and thank you for the correction and warning.) If you just work around and under this obstruction I can do that, even get a flex extension if need be to wriggle in there. Geez. For a huge car things are still tight in there.

OK! Will get an extension to work with and be prepared to thread my way in there between stuff. Yes, I do recall the ones I could see being very low and down in there. Thanks much, Merlin, you've been a tremendous help!! If you're ever near Columbus, Ohio come on over to Urbana, west of there, and visit the B-17 build we're doing. No engine work -- yet, just a lot of metal bashing. Here's the link: http://www.champaignaviationmuseum.org/ By the way Merlin, you made a damn fine engine for those Spitfires! Thanks again for all your help.....blue skies and easy projects to you.

It is a cool project, ALL volunteer, with one paid A&P lead who, like you, has the patience of a saint. 5 years out to Wright engines start up. Think I have one final question. Am I going to have to deal with points when I replace the distrubutor cap and rotor? Recall those were troublesome guys back in the day.

Halleluiah! OK, I think I can do this! Thanks again for stepping a novice through this. Vrooom, vrooom!