| RE:Plug wire replacement |
Subject: RE:Plug wire replacement by CasetheCorvetteman on 2007/11/25 15:45:02 If the car is running fine, dont touch the distributor. Just leave it as it is. Do the leads for sure, but no point throwing away a good distributor. They are certainly no where near as bad as they are made out to be, and since you use the vehicle daily, the life span of it should be quite good. If and when you do replace it, use an MSD distributor rather than a GM replacement, the MSD is substantially better, and if youre going to that sort of trouble, you may as well do it right first go. I think Taylor have some red LT1 leads, im not sure though. Ive replaced LT1 leads a few times, and while its abit more time consuming than normal, its not a hard job by my standard. The right is infact quite easy, it the left that takes the time, and once you figure out where to put your hand to reach the left side distributor outlets, youll have it done in no time. You dont need to pull any parts off to do the left, but if youre going to go to that length, take off the belt, then remove the belt tensioner assembly, that makes it abit easier to get into the left connections. Use the Factory genuine service manual so you get the leads going to the correct plugs. One bit of advice i will give you is flush and properly maintain your cooling system, and this includes using the pellets or a simular equivilant product, that along with good clean coolant will act as a seal lubricant which will help to keep your cooling system components in good shape for a long time to come. This in turn will hopefully reduce the chance of the water pump from weeping on your distributor, which will accelerate its failure for obvious reasons. It will also keep the heater core in better shape, and itll last longer. Some people seem to think its a bitch of a job to replace them.  |
