Bosch Mag Core spark plug wires suck

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Jun 25, 2006 | 09:10 PM

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Bosch Mag Core spark plug wires suck

Bosch Mag Core spark plug wires suck.

That is all.

Jun 25, 2006 | 10:36 PM

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Just how do they suck?

Jun 26, 2006 | 09:19 AM

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Just how do they suck?

I bought a set to put on the '94 Dakota my son drives. The boot on the spark plug end is too long and the electrode on the wire that snaps onto the spark plug terminal is only about 1/2" from the end of the boot-- they don't stay snug on the plug, they flop around too much. Not enough boot coverage onto the plug ceramic. They claim on the packaging "OEM fit", which has turned out to be an inaccurate claim.

Refunding them as soon as I have time to do so...

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Jun 26, 2006 | 12:19 PM

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Do yourself a favor and never buy anything Robert Bosch smears his name on again.

Jun 26, 2006 | 01:23 PM

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Do yourself a favor and never buy anything Robert Bosch smears his name on again.

Agreed.

Jun 26, 2006 | 01:38 PM

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Sometimes you gotta pull the boot down a little farther so it seats on the pplug itself creating a tight fit. Problem is you run the risk of pulling the wire apart. Mass produced stuff.

Jun 26, 2006 | 07:07 PM

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Sometimes you gotta pull the boot down a little farther so it seats on the pplug itself creating a tight fit. Problem is you run the risk of pulling the wire apart. Mass produced stuff.

I tried that, sort of. I was afraid to pull too hard, it was really tight.

Jun 26, 2006 | 07:12 PM

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Sometimes you gotta pull the boot down a little farther so it seats on the pplug itself creating a tight fit. Problem is you run the risk of pulling the wire apart. Mass produced stuff.

it's beyond being "mass produced stuff."

It's sitting by, as a consumer, watching a once great company turn into a second rate junk peddler.

I will not by anything with the Bosch name... period. It's becoming a joke nearly as epic as Lucas.

I have been through THREE Bosch O2 sensors in the last 3 months. I finally said **** it and I bought two brand new Denso units.

Enough is enough.