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fleyeboy Junior Member Posts: 76	Shortening plug wires Apr 28, 2010 21:09:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fleyeboy on Apr 28, 2010 21:09:04 GMT -5 Is it OK to shorten the plug wires from the coil or is there a minimum length they should be? ie can they be toooo short? Jeff in Canada

5twins Administrator Senior Technical Adviser 1978 E Standard and 4 Euro Twins Posts: 4,144	Shortening plug wires Apr 28, 2010 22:14:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 5twins on Apr 28, 2010 22:14:20 GMT -5 It's OK, in fact you should just replace them. They're 30 some years old after all. Replace the plug caps too while you're at it.

fleyeboy Junior Member Posts: 76	Shortening plug wires Apr 29, 2010 19:49:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fleyeboy on Apr 29, 2010 19:49:47 GMT -5 thanks 5twins, yes these are the new ones from Mike's xs. They just seem a bit longer than the original ones. I'll trim them up a bit and re-attach the plug caps. Jeff

ShakerNorm Administrator Senior Technical Advisor Posts: 1,808	Shortening plug wires May 5, 2010 20:23:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ShakerNorm on May 5, 2010 20:23:26 GMT -5 Jeff - Crappy Tire also has plug caps in the motorcycle section..... probably wires too...
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Shortening plug wires

Post by fleyeboy on Apr 28, 2010 21:09:04 GMT -5

Post by 5twins on Apr 28, 2010 22:14:20 GMT -5

Post by fleyeboy on Apr 29, 2010 19:49:47 GMT -5

Post by ShakerNorm on May 5, 2010 20:23:26 GMT -5

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