John Hervey's 8.5mm MSD's have an honest to goodness wire core (I know: I've stripped & crimped them on other applications myself). Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@...> wrote: > > When using pliers to pull on the wires you have to be really careful > not to break the inner core. Better to use the pliers on the seal over > the plug well and not directly on the ignition wire itself. I have > found that if you pull on old, brittle wires with pliers the wires can > easily break, especially if they are "stuck" tight onto the plugs. If > you break the inner core you usually do not notice it right away. Over > a short period of time the motor just starts running worse and worse. > Eventually in very humid weather (like when it's raining) it won't > even start and the radio seems to have a lot of static all the time. > Giving a little twist before pulling on the wires sometimes helps to > get the wires "unstuck". I use a very long needle nose type of plier > but again, carefully. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/