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09-13-2019, 04:25 PM | #1 |
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Need to replace Plug Wires
Just doing a little preventative maintenance on my 59ab. Current plug wires are vintage Sears 7mm from 1966 (not kidding at all). Car is a driver, so just looking for reliability.
Question - what is the best set of wires I can get today that will still go through the looms? BTW - I'm sending one of my old coils to Skip and one of my spare crabby patties to Bubba's. Thanks in advance, Ron |
09-13-2019, 04:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
You can gwt 7MM Packard 440 from Brillman's. It's all I use. There is nothing on AM radio anyway. They have an incredible bunch of stuff that you can use.
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09-13-2019, 05:15 PM | #3 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
Or on the Cops'radio next to you.
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09-13-2019, 06:19 PM | #4 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
Don't ever use carbon core wires for anything..had problems with goofy wires that was fixed by using solid wire core....sc
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09-14-2019, 08:09 AM | #5 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
If the 1966 wires are solid copper type and working good then just leave them on there. Don't fix what aint broke. Regards, Kevin.
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09-14-2019, 12:22 PM | #6 |
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800/266-0470. There are different types for different distributors, so know what you have before ordering. |
09-14-2019, 05:01 PM | #7 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
I recently installed at set from Dennis Carpenter and am very satisfied with them.
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09-14-2019, 06:04 PM | #8 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
i have seen many threads here over the years about not using carbon wires. when there are millions of other cars using them, i gotta ask, what is different about our flatheads? i have them on my 34 jalopy because i want to have a modern radio. its runs perfect right now, however, no miles to speak of. using the cheap moroso black ones which have been actually recommended by bubba on occasion.
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09-14-2019, 06:09 PM | #9 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
Sure, they work good, but somehow, it just don't seem right.
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09-14-2019, 06:35 PM | #10 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
don't send anything to bubba until he says he's ready for it. he's still catching up! i'm been waiting 4 months for my distributor. [yes, i know why]
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09-14-2019, 08:33 PM | #11 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
I've had pretty good dealings with these guys in the past. Been a few yrs but great place for bulk plug wires and ends. Easy to make up your own.
https://www.thehotrodcompany.com/pro...ark-plug-wire/ |
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At least he's honest about it. I wouldn't worry about it being in the queue. Last edited by Tinker; 09-14-2019 at 08:40 PM. |
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09-14-2019, 08:35 PM | #13 | |
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Electronic ignition use spirals. Points use copper "solid wires?. Just my opinion. |
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09-14-2019, 08:43 PM | #14 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
Bubba and I have been talking about that. I'm not in a hurry.
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09-14-2019, 08:45 PM | #15 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
i'm not up on the modern stuff, what is spirals ?, and i get "the look", certainly some rajas on braided wire has the look, but carbon wire predates electronic ignition, and by golly i've never had a radio in an old car and i'm gonna have one some day when i grow up
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09-14-2019, 08:48 PM | #16 |
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Spiral wires have built in resistance.
http://jerickweb.50webs.com/autobin/...lug_wires.html The "new wires" on the site I posted are coated internally for a more modern wire. Still will have some rf interference. I don't have a radio. |
09-14-2019, 08:55 PM | #17 |
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good link tinker, thanks for the education
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09-14-2019, 09:02 PM | #18 |
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Radio or ignition...
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1006rc-ignition-wiring/ If link doesn't work. Think most will agree if not they can disagree. First off, your particular ignition system will tell you what type of plug wire you should or-more importantly-shouldn’t use. Early points-style ignitions and magnetos used low-resistance wires to carry a lower voltage as compared to modern systems, which can easily carry up to twice the load, thus requiring a higher tolerance wire. Running a modern, spiral-core suppression wire with the early ignition can actually decrease the voltage being carried to the plugs; running the early solid-cores with a high-output (breakerless, capacitive discharge, or HEI) system can easily result in damaged electronic components for the exact opposite reason. There’s more to a plug wire than the color of its skin. . Last edited by Tinker; 09-15-2019 at 12:43 AM. |
09-15-2019, 07:11 AM | #19 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
I like the set I got from MACs, one of the more difficult easy jobs on the car, it was like wrestling a can of snakes to get it threaded and compacted into the cap top.
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09-16-2019, 10:20 PM | #20 |
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Re: Need to replace Plug Wires
Anyone use the red see thru 7mm stuff Speedway sells in a kit w/Rajah ends?
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