[jimloiselle]

Just a few more things I ran across while installing my 48 V8 ignition wires -

1. While comparing the old to the new wires I was installing I noticed that the connector ends ( the ends that plug into the distributor cap ), that the metal contacts soldered to the ends of the new wires were not well formed. They were not rounded to fit the inside diameters of the wire holes in the cap and were very hard to insert into the cap. If you have this problem un-solder the metal contacts from the old wires, cut the new contacts off of the new wires, and solder the old contacts on to the new wires.

2. The new wires I was using were the original style with brown insolation. The brown covering on the wires tended to crack whenever I tried to bend the wire to form a 90 deg. bend, which is required on every wire before being inserted into the cap. To prevent the cracking and to keep the wire's bent shape after being formed I heated the wire with a hot air gun at the point of the bend before forming it with a smooth jaw pliers. Be careful and do not overheat the insolation, just hot enough to get the insolation to hold its shape after forming.
If your new wires have black rubber insolation only, they may be flexable enough that may not need heating and forming for them to fit under the distributor cap cover.

3. In order to have enough room between the top of the distributor cap and the cap cover for all 9 wires to fit after the cover is closed, it is very important that you not allow more than 2 wires to overlap under the cover.

The wires coming out of the each of the two wire looms will probably not be in the right order so that they will fan into the cover correctly to prevent to many overlaps under the cover. If the wires need to be reordered, re-order them inside the two 6 inch rubber boots that cover the wires between the end of each loom and the entrances of the cap so that when they enter the cover they will be in the correct order.

Good luck, Jim