Re: Plug wires (was RE: Bosch Platinum Plugs)

From: Karl Moltzan (mkarl@iadfw.net)
Date: Thu Jul 18 1996 - 22:17:15 EDT


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>From: elliott@cyberspace.com (Jane V Elliott)
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>IMHO the stock Dakota plug wires aren't very good, but then until the
>"100,00 mile tuneup" garbage nobody's were. A guy at work with an Escort
>GT (!,?) had his stock plug wires go south in less than a year.
>
>BTW, stuck the Autolites that had come out when the Gold Champions went in
>back in (confused yet, I am!), and the truck runs a lot better when cold.
>No more jerking and farting along until it'd gone a mile or so. The Mopar
>SBEC is going back in as soon as the fuel level gets down to the low fuel
>level light and it gets a load of premium.
>
>Does anyone out there know if there's a good aftermarket coil that'll work
>with the electronics? I don't want to fry the SBEC or anything else. A
>Dodge parts guy told me that the stock Dakota coil was about as good as
>you could get, which I strongly doubt. The Mopar catalog indicates coils
>for non-electronic ignitions before such and such a year. I'm confused.
>
>Larry Elliott, '92, 3.9, 4x4, 5 sp'd, LE
>
>Get aJacob's omnipac

>Karl 92 5.2l 4x2 4.10 Clubcab

 



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