[T3] Plug wire advice

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Sat Jun 16 17:20:52 PDT 2012


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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