Thought you might all enjoy this! I've never seen a plug casing shear like this... let alone twice.

WoW! What a nightmare! How did you ever getting those 2 out? I see the threads "removed" from the center one, and still in tact on the left one. I bet one thing, it is running smoother now, Looking at the gap on the left one, I have to wonder if it was able to fire with a stick coil.

I feel your pain -------

I just changed out the plugs in my freshly acquired '88 GT and they looked just like that! None of mine broke (thankfully!), but all were pretty rusty and well worn. Runs better with fresh plugs in her.

I'm guessing the broken ones were cylinders 2 and 4...because those are the hardest to access. Question is....were the plugs in the rear bank the same kind of plugs? Or was this another case where a PO replaced the rear ones, then lost his nerve before doing the front?

You guys are troopers

With my limited tools/ resources I probably would've given up, I shudder thinking about it!

it happened to me as well...

The plug that broke on mine was dead center hard against the fire wall - last turn of the easy out broke it loose. There was no sign of anti-seize on the plugs!

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Geez, I think rust was the only thing holding those plugs together.
I feel like I need a tetanus shot just from looking at those things.
Kit

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I feel ya

Mine usually break the ceramic off too if they are going to break from being stuck. Wow I've seen rusty cars in the woods for 40 years with better looking plugs than those.

Looks like a common hurdle for us!

The crappy threads on the middle one are from me grabbing it with channel locks to twist it off of the ez-out!

all 6 plugs were the same. The car only has 36k miles on it, so they were as original as can be. Don't have the car back together yet, but after it's ready i'll have replaced:

plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ign. coil, egr valve, shift/select cables, tires, shocks, and struts. It's going to be a WHOLE new car

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