Arg!

[ty@festf.org (Tyler P.)]

Well I just got back from the shop.  Refused to pay for the $18.90
inspection and took my car.  What had happened is they took a clip off my
wires when testing the compression.  This made the last wire (driverside)
touch a metal fuel line.   There was an arc happening from the metal line to
some wires, to the valve cover.  They reattached the clip and everything
works well now. 

However, I just remembered that I bought the 8 cylinder msd wire set so I
have 4 new msd wires sitting in my garage that I'll put on.  I'll also go by
some fatty wire clips to seperate my wires better.  

-----Original Message-----
From: John Erickson [mailto:ranahan@charter.net]
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 12:09 PM
To: Tyler P.; 'John Erickson'; List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Arg!


I'm running a 40,000 volt coil with OEM wires and don't 
get any arcing.  I don't think you should have a problem 
with your wires.  Especially since they are relatively 
new.

John


On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:40:19 -0700
  "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org> wrote:
>The thing is that they say the wires are actually arcing 
>on the manifold and
>that you can see it.  I never watched the engine run over 
>the weekend cause
>I've been so busy but like I said that seems like a 
>pretty extreme change
>for wires to naturally go over such a short period of 
>time.  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Erickson [mailto:ranahan@charter.net]
>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:24 AM
>To: Tyler P.; List (E-mail)
>Subject: Re: Arg!
>
>
>Take a multimeter (or borrow one) and measure the 
>resistance on the wires.  It should be between 5500-7500 
>ohms.  If its more, you need new wires.  If not, those 
>guys are, well, it sounds like you have a few adjectives 
>you'd like to use.
>
>John
>Long Beach
>
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