thanks to everybody who reponded to my email about tuneup woes.
essentially i had two of the wires leading to spark plugs going to the
wrong places.  what it essentially comes down to is that the wires on
the passenger side get crossed before they go to the plugs, which i
didnt take a note of before i took it all apart ;)
whew!  now that ive survived that, maybe i can actually change my plugs
...
although the plug on the number 1 cylinder looks just impossible to
reach with a socket wrench.  has anybody else made this observation? how
do y'all reach it?
thanks again
steve