The GMPP Reds have black rubber boots - no ceramic. I fitted the metal heatshield back to the new leads
Red Plug Wire Question
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Red Plug Wire Question
Hi There:
To those of you who have used the red wire set p/n12495519.Does the wire end that connects to the ignition coil have a white ceramic insulator like the factory black ones do?
Thank you
robsc501
To those of you who have used the red wire set p/n12495519.Does the wire end that connects to the ignition coil have a white ceramic insulator like the factory black ones do?
Thank you
robsc501
Last edited by robsc501; Jul 25, 2009 at 10:38 AM.
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Neither my stock '99 wires or the red GM performance wires had ceramic. The plug end had a metal shield and the other end had a rubber boot as I remember. Use dialectric grease on the plug end to make it easier to get off later. 
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We use the GM red wires almost exclusively....great perfomance, perfect fit and reasonably priced. No ceramic ends, though.
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Hi There:
I think you guys miss- read this thread.I appreciate all your replys. If you pull the wire off the coil & look in the end of the wire, you will see the metal round contact. Is there a white insulator below that on the gmpp red wires?
Sorry if I was not clear in the earlier post.
Thanks
robsc501
I think you guys miss- read this thread.I appreciate all your replys. If you pull the wire off the coil & look in the end of the wire, you will see the metal round contact. Is there a white insulator below that on the gmpp red wires?
Sorry if I was not clear in the earlier post.
Thanks
robsc501
Last edited by robsc501; Jul 25, 2009 at 05:01 PM.
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Sounds almost like you have a broken plug. No ceramic in any plug wire I've ever seen. Is it in every plug boot?
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Hi There:
I think you guys miss- read this thread.I appreciate all your replys. If you pull the wire off the coil & look in the end of the wire, you will see the metal round contact. Is there a white insulator below that on the gmpp red wires?
Sorry if I was not clear in the earlier post.
Thanks
robsc501
I think you guys miss- read this thread.I appreciate all your replys. If you pull the wire off the coil & look in the end of the wire, you will see the metal round contact. Is there a white insulator below that on the gmpp red wires?
Sorry if I was not clear in the earlier post.
Thanks
robsc501
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From: LEBANON PA.
Hi There;
Thanks Dee Gee and rws.1 for the info. I was looking for. Thats how gm saved money on the red wires($60.71) by not including that insulator to divert heat away from the coil pack.The black factory wires have this insulator, but they cost $127(my cost) list for $181
robsc501
Thanks Dee Gee and rws.1 for the info. I was looking for. Thats how gm saved money on the red wires($60.71) by not including that insulator to divert heat away from the coil pack.The black factory wires have this insulator, but they cost $127(my cost) list for $181
robsc501
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