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exiletalon

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Nov 14, 2005
Aurora, Colorado
Everytime I have tried to pull my wires off of the spark plugs, they wont come, So i pull harder, and I always break them.
Yes, I did have Bosch wires, And I hear they are notorious for doing that, but The same thing happened to my NEW 8.5mm Nology wires
 
go pull LOL. I changed my plugs every two weeks with my magnecores and they held fine. Same with these accel's. changed 4 times and there fine.
 
I do this for a living. It seems that over a period of time, the wires take root to the plugs. Buy a lifetime warranty set of wires. When they screw up, I just warranty them out. And they do screw up.

Good Luck
 
exiletalon said:
Everytime I have tried to pull my wires off of the spark plugs, they wont come, So i pull harder, and I always break them.
Yes, I did have Bosch wires, And I hear they are notorious for doing that, but The same thing happened to my NEW 8.5mm Nology wires
You may want to make absolutely sure your not pulling on the wire itself :nono: . There should be a boot just before the wire's go into the valve cover, this is what you should use to remove the plug wires. Hope this helps.
 
fwdturbobov1996 said:
go pull LOL. I changed my plugs every two weeks with my magnecores and they held fine. Same with these accel's. changed 4 times and there fine.
Just curious, why do you change your plugs every two weeks? :confused:
 
ok, these wires were very tough to get out like my otehrs, but they did not break, Of course I grab it at the boot, I am not stupid like a honda racer.

These have only been on for 1 day though
 
I Have a 1997 Mitsubishi eclipse GST and autozone was telling me the stock are gapped at 36 is that right? or do i need smaller gap?? whats the stock gap?
 
TheRealist said:
I Have a 1997 Mitsubishi eclipse GST and autozone was telling me the stock are gapped at 36 is that right? or do i need smaller gap?? whats the stock gap?


.028-.031 is what everyone uses.
 
fwdturbobov1996 said:
just to keep the car top notch.
Right on, I think it's cool but that just seems a bit excessive. But to each his own and if you get good results that way then more power to you. :thumb:
 
exiletalon said:
ok, these wires were very tough to get out like my otehrs, but they did not break, Of course I grab it at the boot, I am not stupid like a honda racer.

These have only been on for 1 day though
OK, you never know sometimes, I didn't mean to insult your intelligence.:p That seems to be a strange problem, I wonder if maybe your head is getting hotter then it should and causing the plug wires to bond to the plugs and making the plug wires very brittle, hmm. Maybe your manifold needs a heat shield or if you have tubular mani. it's causing extreme engine temps? I'll check your profile.

Edit: OK I see that you've got a 1G head, I wonder if maybe some of the water jackets aren't lining up? I don't know exactly whats the difference between the 1G and 2G heads but thats a thought and that may explain higher than normal head temp's.
 
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