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On 20 Jul 99, at 7:07, neil wrote: > Its the first time I've even looked at a VW engine. Without sounding to > mechanically unaware what is the easiest way to get to the spark plugs > (back right corner one easy enough, don't know about the other three). Just get a good spark plug socket and some extensions for your drive. 3" and 6" extensions will do the trick. > On that note, the plug leads I have have the normal distributor cap end, > but the spark plug end has the different type of head (that fits over the > thread of the plug). The Bosch spark plugs though can have the usual > little bulb thing that goes on most plugs, this would allow me to get a > normal plug lead without mak¢¸l up which may be inferior in > performance. The Bosch bakelite SP connectors are much higher quailty than anything you might replace them with that used the standard American style connector. You should be able to buy a suitable SP wire set any number of places, but the really correct sets have right angel connectors at the distributor so the wires don't get pressed into the engine cover. The original dist connectors are impossible to buy now. Like the SP connectors they just screw into the copper core wire, so it is cheap and easy to just replace the WIRE. There is a 1000 Ohm resistor in the SP connector which sometimes opens up, so it is worthwhile to check them occasionally. I have good wire sets if you, or anyone else, needs them. I also have a FEW of the OE dist connectors (used), but the price on those is more than most people would want to pay. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe