Spark plug ground strap broken and in engine
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From: So. Cal.
I took a closer look and I noticed that what you said was true. I removed the broken half and it fit perfectly to the other side. You can see in the picture that the porcelain pusher stretched things a bit and made the sides of the ground strap quite a bit longer than an undamaged plug.
It looks like the weak spot is the 90 degree bend area and that's where mine broke.
Thank you so much Wrenchbender for suggesting for me to check this. I feel so much better knowing that nothing is in the cylinder.
It looks like the weak spot is the 90 degree bend area and that's where mine broke.
Thank you so much Wrenchbender for suggesting for me to check this. I feel so much better knowing that nothing is in the cylinder.
That is exactly what I was going to suggest but Wrenchbender got there a few hours ahead of me. I didn't see any reason for a piece to be broken out of the strap, that would have indicated that is was more brittle than it should normally be. Glad it worked out.
