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Old Sep 7, 2001 | 05:32 PM
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plugwires for breakfast and lunch

Well i put my car in the shop today for that shaking I have been telling ya'll about .Well they drove it all over and could not get it to shake .But it also had a slight miss in it . The plug wires were only 6 months old with only 8 k miles on it .The sparkplugs were bad to and only 6 months old.It seems like in the past I have changed the plugs and wires once a year .What is causing my car to eat these plugs and wires ? I did not check the wires myself before I put it in the shop b/c I did not think they were bad after six months .Thanx in advance guys , Wayne
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Old Sep 7, 2001 | 10:07 PM
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IF ya replaced your own previous plug wires set, obtain the supposed bad ones and return to store for a refund.
Sounds like your engine is burning oil/eating plugs. Rest is worn down igntion system.
A fresh full rebuild of anything electrical will reap massive amounts of power and drivability rewards.
It's alot of effort to do igntion rebuild right. BUT, if done right, when the engines dies, you can easily swap out fresh rebuilt ignition parts onto the new rebuilt engine.

Take the guys for a ride to duplicate the shaking.

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Old Sep 7, 2001 | 10:45 PM
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Thanx Karl
It's not leaking oil cus I check my oil once a week .I think the rotar and coil are worn out and its reaking havic on my wires and plugs . Oh darn I can put accel coil and cap and rotar on there .They told me to come by mon and take a drive with them .If they tell me its the driveshaft , im throwing an aluminum on that baby !
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Old Sep 7, 2001 | 10:47 PM
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Oh by the way I checked one of my old receipts for a dist cap and rotar ,its been 40 k miles sence i have had a new rotor , the cap has been changed .Whats the life expectancy of a rotor ? prabably under 40k miles huh ? lol
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Old Sep 8, 2001 | 07:08 PM
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Well , I was about to buy me a accel cap and rotor today ; but it hit me , i have to wait b/c my engine is still new and its not out of warranty yet .Only 2k miles to go ..yeah I know its mildly modded already (dynamax , converter gutted , ram-air and maf screen removed .But I wasn't thinking when I did that .Im just ganna let it eat this new crappy 7mm wires for 2k miles then get the accel cap and rotor and throw in some bosh plugs ......Wayne ....It's only been yesterday sence I've been without my car and i miss it
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