At its basic level the spark plug wire exists solely to transmit electricity from the coil or distributor to the spark plug. Today lets dive into spark plug wires and the developments in technology that these simple conductors have experienced over the years.
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Spark plug wire routing. Dec 18 2007 location. While you look at the distributor also look at the spark plug wire routing for the lt1. After lightly coating each plug wire with white lithium grease they actually slid through the tubing without too much hassle. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 next may 1 2012 1. The electricity is looking for any opportunity to jump from the wire and instead head down the path of least resistance. Properly reroute the spark plug wires if required.
As electricity travels along the plug wires toward the plug so it can generate a spark its also looking to do something else. If you have to replace your spark plug wires you can expect to pay for about four hours of labor. The tubing was hand bent to completely hide the en tire length of each wire. For plug wire routing the approach involved using a cut to length set of 7mm msd plug wires routed through 38 in. If spark plug replacement is performed the correct firing order and spark plug wire routing is essential to prevent the possibility of induction crossfire between cylinders. The tubing was hand bent to completely hide the entire length of each wire.
After lightly coating each plug wire with white lithi um grease they actually slid through the tubing without too much hassle. The gen 2 plastic cover has notched bar on the left end to hold all 4 wires in the correct position. Thats what a spark plug wire isa conductor. That sort of bill makes me happy that i have an l98 engineomg the stock lt1 plug wire routing sucks. No bar on aluminum covers or the narrow head dohc cover. Refer to the following procedures for inspection of the spark plug wire routing and firing order.
The diagram shows the correct routing and dress. For plug wire routing the approach involved using a cut to length set of 7mm msd plug wires routed through 3 8 in. To make it clear color each wire a different color. Discussion in engine topic started by earnhardtgm3 may 1 2012. Spark plug wires routing.