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On 21 Nov 2005 at 21:49, fess wrote: > On Nov 20, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Jim Adney wrote: > > > but I strongly encourage people to keep > > their original screw-on right angle dist cap ends. Those are almost > > irreplaceable and they never wear out. > > it looks like aircooled.net has plug wires for type III's > with the right angle. OEM Bosch and Super Mag Plus. The sets now available are not the same as those originally supplied with the cars when new. The OG dist ends actually screw onto the wires, so the wires can be replaced easily without replacing anything else. The replacements are crimped on so you need to buy a whole new wireset any time you want to replace wire. I do have some good used right-angle OG dist ends, but I want $10 EACH for them. They were available new from Bosch at one time, but for even MORE THAN THIS. They never wear out and I don't want people to get the idea that they can just buy them sometime if they decide they want them. They are not being made anymore and the supply of replacements is dwindling. That said, I sell bulk SP wire which I sell by the foot and you can trim to fit YOUR car exactly. I also sell both new and used Bosch SP ends; personally, I use the used ones first on my own cars. If your OG wireset is gone and you need to replace everything, I also have complete new wiresets which have right angle dist ends, but they are NOT the OG dist ends. They are crimped on. If you live in any kind of damp climate, you should also buy the silicone boots which fit over the ends of the bakelite SP connectors. These seal moisture away from the SP insulator and make a significant difference when starting in damp weather. I believe these are still available from VW, and I have a few of them. They are reusable, even if your SP connector goes bad. They are rather expensive, but they are one of the most useful improvements VW ever introduced. There were 2 versions, the early one, which came out in '67, which doesn't work, and the late one which came out in '71 (I think) which is excellent. One more part that is important to keep in good repair are the air seals that go around the SP connectors. These are important to keep the cooling air from leaking out before it's done its job. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~