At 08:42 PM 8/12/2012, Edward Maglott wrote: >Thanks for the good information David. This is the later style >wires, I always hated those early style ones for the reasons you >stated. The break in my wire seemed to be where it makes the 90 About using non-OEM ignition wires - I should have said that they still need to meet not only quality standards but also the resistance/foot (or per wire) specified by VW for their ignition design. That's the point of the carbon string - to introduce a resistance of several kilohms distributed along the length of the wire. Also, thanks to my lack of editing, you can deposit your old wire in the department of redundancy department. ;-) Yrs, d |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.