ok so I have an lt1 trans am with hooker super competition long tubes and I can't seem to find it humanly possible to remove the last two passenger side spark plugs (closest to the firewall) without removing the headers themselves! Am I missing something here?

 

having 2 elbows would help

 

Can you pull the starter and get to them? Helped me with #8 (closest to the firewall), but I didn't have long tubes.

 

change them from under he car, move the starter if needed.....................seriously

 

the open end will get caught in between a bend in the header and the socket when I start to back out and theres not enough space for a ratchet on number 8 and number 6 is impossible to fit anything in and have it line up it seems. I just spent over four hours on this and it's not like I'm an idiot. I mean, I rode the short bus for a few years and I was the only one in class wearing a helmet but....thats besides the point

 

oh I should mention I'm working in a gravel driveway with ramps, hence my lack of being able to do a lot of work from under that car

 

Try the spark plug socket with a combo wrench (open end) from up top. I did mine a couple weeks ago on ramps and stood on a small cooler to reach #8 this way. Same strategy may work from the bottom on #6.

 

I have mid tubes, but i found it way easier to do those from under the car. You can get a box wrench on them, or use an open ended wrench with a spark plug socket like mentioned above.

 

thanks guys I appreciate the advice I'll give it a shot, I should be done by 2 o'clock in the morning lol

 

if you have a gf or wife with very small hand, USE EM . ask em put the socket on spark plug and you turn em. you dont know how many time I drop tool on tight spot that my big hand can get thru, i ask my gf, since her hand is very small

 

snap on makes a speical spark plug tool its like 30 bucks...its small just wraps around the spart plug and u can use a wrench or a socket on it depends on space..but going from underneath on a couple helps a lot!! gl man

 

Yeah I grined down an extra socket then cut a slit in it