No, not retarded, just not experienced. Like Scotty said take a look around here for how-to's and on YouTube. These cars are some of the most easiest to work on for the most part. Count yourself lucky that you didn't get a 'Stang with the 4.6L or an F-body (Camaro or Firebird) with the LT1/LS1 V8 in it. Just changing the plugs and wires on the LT1 Firebird made me expand my curse word vocabulary, lol...