<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Nov 10, 2025, at 6:09 PM, John T Blair <jblair1948@cox.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div class="ydp8d52e3e8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So my question to the group is: Do you think that we could use an impact wrench to break the plug loose then once it's broken loose remove it with the ratchet?</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I'd be afraid of breaking the ceramic and them you have ceramic shards everywhere. I'd soak it for a day with PB Blaster and thhen try loosening and tightening with the breaker bar, trying to work a bit of play into the threads so the PB can get in even more. But if you have steel plugs seized to aluminum heads, maybe just better to keep the existing plugs. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd also go searching on the model-specific forums to see what others have done. It's likely a common issue. Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>jim</div><br></body></html>