[T3] Plug wire advice

James Lingenfelter jimmyandcher at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 16 21:07:51 PDT 2012


I would be willing to pay the $80 to finally have a set that works,  
and has enough length to allow proper routing of the wires. Let me  
know how I can arrange payment to you.
   Thanks,
   Jimmy


On Jun 16, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 16 Jun 2012 at 18:53, James Lingenfelter 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.
>
> I have Bosch sets which I think should be okay, except that one wire
> is maybe just marginal in length. They have right angle ends that are
> crimped on, and all the FI Type 3s need that right angle since the
> dist is taller.
>
> If you really want the perfect set, I could build up one from a new
> Bosch set plus 5 used OE right angle dist cap connectors and some
> longer wire. That would be quite expensive, but you would never have
> to buy a new set. All together this would run you $80, but that's not
> too bad considering that I sell the dist connectors for $10 each
> (which is less than Bosch sold them for 30 years ago.)
>
> I never install new sets, I just replace parts as necessary. The only
> parts that MIGHT ever need replacement are the SP connectors, the
> airseal flaps, and the wires. Most of that is very seldom necessary.
>
> Way too many of these parts got thrown away under the false
> impression that newer was better.
>
> -- 
> *******************************
> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> *******************************
>
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> Contact gregm at vwtype3.org if you need help with the list.




More information about the type3-vwtype3.org mailing list