Spark plug wire question WHERE do I find 90 deg boot wires??

[WJ]

What do you guys suggest for plug wires? Should I go to the IH dealer or does NAPA have a good set?

NAPA wants to sell me a 8 cylinder set. Will the staight boot fit under the hood???

[Jim Hudson]

NAPA has them

[johnbron]

I just bought a copper core set in town at TSC for under $10.00. They worked out good with no problem hand cranking.

[55cub958]

I have replaced wires on two cubs with good results-solid core wire
set from NAPA, #700172. I got 4 90 degree ends for the plug connections.

[Matt Kirsch]

Those the "universal" wire sets? How do you insert the ends into the wires? Tried to do that once, couldn't get them to stick into the wire or the insulation. Bent all the ends over... Ruined the entire wire set.

[Jim Hudson]

I have the NAPA crimper for putting the factory type ends on.

[johnbron]

I never had any trouble putting the ends on. Just gave them a little squeeze with pliars and put`em in der hole. once they are installed the cap & mag holes prevent the ends from coming off.

[ChickenWing]

I have also had good results with the universal crimp on ones. I think the key is not to squeeze them too hard, just enough to sink the teeth into the insulation. Then slide the boot down, and mine have held up very well. The ones I tried to squeeze really hard always fall off.

[johnbron]

I guess I should have also mentioned that the set i got has Pre-Made 90° boots on the sparkplug ends.

[Matt Kirsch]

These weren't crimp-on anything. All there was, was 5 lengths of solid-core copper wire with heavy insulation, and a bunch of little copper cup thingys with points sticking out the back end. You were supposed to pierce the pointy thing into the ends of the wires.

Those are the ones Tractor Supply sells, the only ones I've ever seen any of the four stores I've been in.

[ChickenWing]

The ones I had had the metal pointy thing that you pushed into the wire, and the sides fold around to clip onto the insulation, to hold it on. The also were premade 90's on the plug end, and you crimped on the distributor end.

[johnbron]

These weren't crimp-on anything. All there was, was 5 lengths of solid-core copper wire with heavy insulation, and a bunch of little copper cup thingys with points sticking out the back end. You were supposed to pierce the pointy thing into the ends of the wires.

Those are the ones Tractor Supply sells, the only ones I've ever seen any of the four stores I've been in.

Matt, The set I got at Tractor Supply are not as you describe. I bought the 6-cylinder set because they were out of the 4-cylinder set and as I said before the spark-plug ends are already made complete with permanent boots. I just cut each wire to length and put the copper/brass? ends on squeezed with enough pressure to pierce the insulation and pushed them in the cap & mag holes. If it will help any here is the info on the box. [Tractor Supply Co. Spark Plug Wire Set for Farm & Tractor (Copper Core)]. The part number is {0236693} + 7mm.

[WKPoor]

The crimper Jim Hudson mentioned is the way to go. You can buy bulk wire and the ends seperate and make custom wires as good as factory. They are a crimp just like molex connectors. They are a good tight connection that won't pull apart. Also the quality wire has a nice soft rubber insulation ( not plastic like). After the initial tooling up you can make professional wires for yrs for very little cost.

[Jim Hudson]

I don't know if NAPA has it now or not but my setup has the crimper a big roll of wire and a drawer with the connectors, and boots for all aplications can be bought as needed. But my wire is for automotive use. NAPA had the wire wires and I put some good ends on. The do it your self set from Wal-Mart and Autozone are junk, the ends will fall off when you pull them back out of the dist. cap.

[WJ]

I guess I should have also mentioned that the set i got has Pre-Made 90° boots on the sparkplug ends.

Would you happen to have that part number???