[T3] Plug wire advice

James Lingenfelter jimmyandcher at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 16 20:31:03 PDT 2012


Thanks for the link; I guess I will contact them and see if there is  
a way I could get a set that's a couple of inches longer than what I  
have.
   Jimmy

On Jun 16, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Mike Fisher wrote:

> I made a Bosch set fit, but they really are too short!  I saw these
> recommended on the Samba, but I haven't used them myself.
>
> http://auroraignitionwires.com/
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 6:53 PM, James Lingenfelter
> <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi guys; I have a dead plug wire to cylinder #1, and would like to  
>> know
>> what plug wire set you guys recommend. The reasons that the plug  
>> wire is
>> bad are: 1. The wires exit vertically out of the boots at the  
>> distributor
>> end, and there is no clearance between the top of the distributor
>> -especially where #1 wire comes out- and the engine hatch, so the  
>> plug wire
>> is nearly crimped at a right angle where it exits the boot, and 2.  
>> The plug
>> wire to cylinder #1 is really too short, so it is stretched to the  
>> max just
>> to barely reach, putting stress on the wire connections at both  
>> ends. So,
>> the connection at the distributor end is shot, and #1 cylinder is now
>> intermittent.
>>  My dilemma is this: this is about the 3rd plug wire set I have  
>> tried...
>> the first two were higher quality (I think at least one was a  
>> Bosch set),
>> and had the right angle boots at the distributor end.... BUT, in  
>> both of
>> those cases, NONE of the wires were long enough to reach cylinder  
>> #1....
>> not even close, even though I bought all of these sets at the  
>> local VW
>> parts store, whose computer insisted the sets were for a type III. I
>> finally went with this cheap, lower quality Empi set, simply  
>> because with
>> some slight stretching, and creative routing THROUGH the carb  
>> linkage, I
>> could actually get #1 wire to reach.
>>  Is there some secret part # that you guys could give me? My dream  
>> plug
>> wire set with right angle boots AND enough length to reach the plugs?
>>  Thanks,
>>  Jimmy
>>
>>
>>
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