Plug wires - 8v

[jsoutherland16 at comcast.net (Jeff Southerland)]

I had an intermittent miss, and suspected #1 cylinder, which lead me to
check the wires and #1 had something like 100,000 ohms res., my highest
reading out of all four wires by far.

Yes, Bentley says the metal covered connectors should have no more than 5000
ohms, +/- 1000. I did not pull the wire out of the connector, to test just
the connector. But with a readings higher than the Bentley suggests on all
four, and the known age of the wires, I would assume that replacing them
would not be a waste of time or money. I am not one to replace parts if they
don't need it, just trying to make this my DD, and want to make it as solid
as possible.

I need to get by my local yard for something else, so I am going to check
some random wires while I'm there, out of curiosity. A little field research
, if you will, to see what kind of readings I get.
Thanks for the help guys,  Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: Plug wires - 8v


> larry, bentley says the cables have to be in between a range, I found that
> issue with my prowler wires, and changed them (as every one recalls the
> video and smart ass comentaries by our very own brian wagner) and THAT
made
> all the difference...
>
> dont listen to larry, he forgot to take his meds again....
>
>
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> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of L F
> =>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 7:05 AM
> =>To: Jeff Southerland; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>Subject: Re: Plug wires - 8v
> =>
> =>
> =>Don't be mislead my what seems to be excessive resistance in plug wires.
> =>Put your ohmmeter on a spark plug and see what you get.
> =>By comparison, the wire is a buss bar.
> =>One theory claims that lots of ohms is a GOOD thing.
> =>
> =>Larry
> =>sandiego16v