Change the Spark Plugs, Wires and Distributor Cap

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It was an easy day once I got the right sockets to match the old and the new plugs. I used NGK copper core plugs and I set the gap to .6mm. I started by taking out the left rear plug, it would be the one closest to the driver. I removed it and found it was covered in black soot and the gap visibly looked HUGE.
I noticed that they all looked the same so that was a good sign to me that not one was working or burning harder than another. As I took one off and replaced it I also replaced the wire to it. I did this across all then decided to replace the Distributor Cap. I pulled each plug and replaced them respectively onto the corresponding post on the new cap.  I get to the center wire that goes from the Coil to the Distributor and it is about 8 inches long....TOO SHORT....I used Omni Spark 7mm wires part 9281 and the center wire was too short. Obviously because of where the coil was mounted the center wire was short. So I either remount the coil somewhere else, or get a longer center wire. I decided that where the coil is located is actually in a good place and I think it makes sense to get a longer center wire.

 So I ordered a Duralast 7mm center wire, hopefully it will work ok mixing wires but I now need to replace the condenser, points and rotor. Then I will try to crank it over and set the timing, then change the oil, the valve cover gaskets and adjust the valves.

A good resource for checking specs, including points and spark plug gaps is shown here.


http://www.bustopia.com/vw-bug-bus-tune-up-specs-info.html


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  1. NGK Spark PlugsSeptember 10, 2020 at 7:20 AM

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