[Shotimes] Plug wire test?

[Ron DeReus]

I didn't check the length, but the readings off the 3 front wires seem to
indicate mine are fine, though there was a little oil in the plug wells
until mid-summer when I sealed the plug well gaskets and replaced the PO's
Autolite plugs with Motorcrafts.  Thanks for the info.

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6	7.57K

Ron DeReus
95MTX

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:11 AM
To: dereus@fbx.com; SHOtimes
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Plug wire test?


Just for the heck of it I'm posting the results to the entire list.

I checked the resistence of my old (removed a few months ago) spark plug
wires.  Here's what I measured, in 1000's of ohms (is that kiloohms?):

CYL  LENGTH  RESISTENCE
 1     31"	    12.6
 2     28"      12.7
 3     26"      12.5
 4     24"      11.1
 5     16"       8.6
 6     17"       9.4

Now, I'm not positive the cylinder number is correct.  There were just
faint traces of the identificaion numbers I had written on them long,
long ago.  They do seem to jive with the cylinder locations and their
connection points on the coil pack.

What surprises me is that 3 of the 6 plug wells were almost full of
water/oil when I removed them (the whole reason for replacing spark plug
wires with only about 30k miles on them).  I expected a few to have
resistence reading that didn't relate linearly with the rest, but alas
they all seem to be pretty much within an acceptable range.

Is it possible that it in fact does not always destroy the plug wires to
have them submersed in oil/water for a while?  I know mine were like
this for at least a couple of months.

BTW, since they seem to be acceptable, anybody want a cheap set of plug
wires?  They're FOR SALE...make me an offer.

Later,

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 164k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio
www.picturetrail.com/stevetatro