Re: [doc] HT Lead Question (This is DeLorean Related)

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Rich's original "king lead" was as you describe, though his car had been serviced by D1. Mine came with the vanilla one you
describe. I'm sure there's not much in it.

Martin

jamesrguk wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have just replaced my distributor cap and rotor and my HT leads. I
> got them from a local motor store, so called `performance Hot-Wire HT
> leads'.
> Anyway the chap in the shop recognised that the engine was Renault 30
> when I said it was a DeLorean which I found quite surprising and sure
> enough in his book he had a list of all the correct length leads
> required for the engine.
>
> I had the originals with me to compare and they were correct, however
> when he showed me the `coil wire' it did not look the same as the
> original. The original coil wire has a sort of braided stainless
> steel sheath running from the coil end about 4 inches along the lead.
> This then has a wire that seems to earth onto the rear of the intake
> manifold. The one the chap in the shop showed me was just the same as
> the other HT leads.
>
> So what is the significance of the braid and earth wire on the
> original coil wire? I assume it is still required. The pictures of
> the ignition components on some of the dealer websites do not show
> this wire.
>
> Has anyone else found this to be a problem when replacing the leads?
>
> Regards
>
> James RG
>
>
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