Please help. I have universal fit Accel wires and need to in stall the HEI clips and boot to the wire. I crip the clip on, but can not slide the HEI boot over the clip and wire. I'm using dielectric grease, wire pliers, etc. to no avail.

Thanks!

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1986 Black/Gold LG4 Z28
Original Owner, 200,000+ near trouble free miles.
Mostly Stock.

1995 Dark Red Metallic Corvette Coupe Original Owner

 

A suggestion from experience. Carefully place them back in the box and take them back to the store where you can purchase a set that is already put together. I know it is just like giving up, but there is way too much work invovled in those things for the minimal benefits. Just my opinion though. Good luck.

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'86 IROC-Z
305 LG-4, T-5
T-Tops
50k Original Miles
K&N Air Filter
Stage I Chip
KYB Shocks/Struts
Centerforce Dual Friction

 

It works alot easier if you put the boot onto the wire first, then crimp the connector on.

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."

 

i hate to disagree with mr rb83l69 but for me it works way better to crimp the terminal on the slide the boot over it. i use the dieletric grease and a small screw driver to force the terminal to slide in the opening in the boot. after a few times it gets really easy to do.

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ICON Motorsports
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With my MSD set, I smear a ton of grease over the wire end & terminal, and put a glob inside the boot. They slide in..

Maybe you could try a temperature trick? Put the wires in the fridge, and put the boots on the kitchen table in the sun. I'd say run hot water over the boots but I don't think you want to introduce any water to the plug wires.

Hot Rod magazine suggested using WD-40 for that a while ago; but I don't know about that- it seems like the WD-40 would start to break down the wire's insulation.


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Man, I had a friend of mine bring his set over to me the other day b/c he could not do it. I think that if you do not do it often it is a difficult and arduous task. However, it is the only way to get exactly what you want. That said, I'll toss my method of avoiding madness. With 1/2 done wire this method takes me less than an hour from start to finish.

Tools needed:
wire set
WD-40®
Q-Tips®
Dielectric grease (optional)
Razor Blade
Wire Strippers
Plumbing pliers

Size up all wires and mark the distributor ends. Score and remove the silicone outer insulation from the underlying wire. Starting with the 10 or 12 gauge stripper double score the exposed end (score, twist, score method) then repeat at the 14 gauge. Most wire will allow you to semi-easily pull clean off, without even scoring the cable in the middle.
Now you crimp it up, and here is the genius (I AM Wile E. Coyote!)!!
You take the Q-tip® with an end soaked in WD-40® and swab the inside of the boot, you then partially insert the end into the boot. Grab the wire with the pliers about 3/4 of an inch from the boot and hold it while exerting force on the boot. She slides in like a drunk sailor under the table on shore leave. Repeat till fully inserted. Squeeze some DEG into the newly created end as well as the distributor end and set aside.
After you do it a few times it is as easy as... well beats me. It does work especially well when doing roll wire.
For me personally, I find it relaxing, but I am "different". And I usually end up doing a set up about every month.
Hope that helps.

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I HAD SAME PROBLEM. But I used 747 silicone spray and the boots slid RIGHT in it made everything greesy and it dried clean.