grabbem88

yeah,i broke the damn boot in half!
i ordered a rebuild kit,but never messed with these
is there a trick how to bend them?
or do leave them straight?

Obsol3te

Hmm?
If there is a trick, I don't know how to do it.
I just bent mine so it's not touching my headers...
And yeah I'm using the MSD 8.5mm wires.

grabbem88

did you put them on then bend them? still connected to the spark plug i mean?
it's cold as hell here now so my hands were pretty clumbsy.

Obsol3te

Yeah, prolly at a 35-45º angle?
Dunno really, havnt looked under my hood in a while
It being nice n coldy snowy wintery out n all...

grabbem88

i wonder if i can repair the one i jacked up?

grabbem88

can i just leave them straight?

roundman

as long as they are not too close to the headers to burn them you can leave them straight. you can also bend them easily is you take out a spark plug and install the wire on it then carefully and slowly bend the boot in the direction you need it to go. look inside the boot first and see which side the connector is on and then make sure this side is on the outside of the bend and it should bend ok, just don't try to bend it too far or too fast.

grabbem88

thanks roundy....to make the bend you're talking about rib side out right?
which should be msd side out?
can i fix the one screwed up?
i took this one apart and it looked like i bent it right at the beggining of it.
i take i'm the first to break one huh?

grabbem88

called msd today.....they are sending me a couple more "extra" plug wires.
so i'm straight now.

bobby

i tried to bend mine and they broke, i jsut got taylor 409 race wires.......