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stevebj864

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from the way my bj8 drifts in and out of tune, i am suspecting that she is due for new plugs and from the belt i get when i touch a wire while she is running,i suspect that a new set of ignition wires would be helpful. my questions are: is there any concensus on the plug that the old girl would like best? and, do solid copper wires make sense for reliability, given that i can't hear the radio with the engine running anyway?
 
I probably wouldn't hurt to get new wires. The metal wires work well, especially if radio noise is not a problem.

The original plug specification was Champion UN12Y. I believe a NGK substitute might be better & easier to find. The NGK BP5ES would be a good equivalent. If this plug appears to run too hot, try the cooler BP6ES.

Everyone seems to have their favorite plug brand.

Be sure to set the gaps at .025" to .028".
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif never use solid wire anywhere in the automobile. For the Plug wires a good hi quality stranded copper Spark Plug wire will work best. There seems to be a preference for the NGK type Spark Plug.---FWIW-Keoke
 
I think all metallic plug wires are stranded. Don't know of an actual solid/non stranded metallic plug wire. I believe Steve was refering to metallic core as opposed to resistor/carbon string core.
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stevebj864,i just installed a new set of napa premium stranded wires item # bel700173 7mm 6cyl.that had been recomended by someone on our forum,has the plug caps/heads allready installed you just cut the lengths you need and scew them into the dizzy cap have plenty left over to have several spares, theve been working fine much improvement, as a strange result when trying to use the remote control for my cd player while the engine is running the volume kicks on and off but doesnt do this when engine is not running,never did this before, brobably requires a resistor? most likley an RI problem,dave r.? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif
 
Hi Anthony,
A bit of resistor wire will likely do the trick. It probably only need to go in the coil to distributor lead. There are some spiral wound metallic wires that work pretty well, such as "Magnacor". Or, I have used a small tube shaped resistor that screws into the middle of the coil wire between two cut ends. In both cases, a single resistored wire was enough to do the trick.
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dave,thanks, yes ive used this resister wire in the past with pos. results but wasnt sure it would correct the signal interferance between the remote trans,and the reciever havnt found the time yet to do it, ive been eeaakkiinng--out ever minute of decent weather weve been having driving the "beast", wont be to long before will be knee deap in the white stuff.thanks again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/savewave.gif
 
Anthony,
I need to apologize for recommending the napa wires that I used on my car. I put them on my car and the car runs great. I have some noise in my radio which I incorrectly thought was being caused by the operation of the voltage regulator, not the ignition. I was very wrong ! I have a set of magnecor wires on the way to try and eliminate the noise. After re-reading this thread, Dave was right when he said that just replacing the wire from the coil to the distributor cap with a magnecor wire should be all that is required to eliminate the RFI noise from the car. I will be installing the whole set as that is what I ordered today.
 
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