Taylor wires??
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Taylor wires??
After waiting two weeks and paying an absolute stupid price for a set of "open-ended" Taylor wires for the LS2, I cannot get the spark plug boot to stretch over the 8.2mm wire. My thought was to insert the wire through the boot, attach the connector, then pull the wire and connector back into the boot. Anyone have suggestions or a trick on how to accomplish this seemingly simple task! I've tried using the lub that came with the kit. Would heating the boots in hot water help? Thanks.
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No offense and I know it doesn't help you much now but this is among the many reason why those in the know stick with stock/OEM plug wires (at least in a stock coil pack location/application), well into the super high horsepower levels even. 
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Very true, LS1. On another car, I currently have a premo pair of MSDs, made specifically for the car by the mfr. And they don't fit correctly at all---considering the price, what a ripoff. And that's not the only, non-stock, high-end wires that haven't fit properly. It is a definite crapshoot.
Euro, as much trouble as it will be, maybe a call and a follow up email to Taylor re the boots is in line here. Tell them you'll send them back the ones you've got (they may not even ask for it after you describe all the ways you've tried to get them to fit), if they'll send you the correct ones.
Euro, as much trouble as it will be, maybe a call and a follow up email to Taylor re the boots is in line here. Tell them you'll send them back the ones you've got (they may not even ask for it after you describe all the ways you've tried to get them to fit), if they'll send you the correct ones.
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Yes, I will be speaking to them tomorrow. Actually, the GoodGuys show is in town this weekend, and I made a trip there this morning, hoping that a MSD/Accel/Taylor rep might be in attendance. No luck, but was told at one of the vendor tents that he'd seen a plug boot expansion tool. I think that a tapered, hollow tube would work. Slide the boot over the tapered tube. Insert the wire thru the tube with sufficient length to attach the fitting, then pull the wire back into the boot, then remove the tube. Kinda like a hollow ball point pen. May try to make my own tool this afternoon. By the way, the car does have taller valve covers, and brackets that relocate the coil packs. MS
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Yes, I will be speaking to them tomorrow. Actually, the GoodGuys show is in town this weekend, and I made a trip there this morning, hoping that a MSD/Accel/Taylor rep might be in attendance. No luck, but was told at one of the vendor tents that he'd seen a plug boot expansion tool. I think that a tapered, hollow tube would work. Slide the boot over the tapered tube. Insert the wire thru the tube with sufficient length to attach the fitting, then pull the wire back into the boot, then remove the tube. Kinda like a hollow ball point pen. May try to make my own tool this afternoon. By the way, the car does have taller valve covers, and brackets that relocate the coil packs. Actually, MSD makes an LS2 specific set of wires, 12 inches in length. It's for the truck motors. I've tried them. They work, only to make them reach from coil to plug, the plug boot must bend 90 degrees, and that results in a position that is too close to the header tubes for my comfort. I need wires about 14 -15 inches long.
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TA DAAaaaa. Well, after some additional deep thought (sittin' on the throne 
) I thought I'd give the WD40 another try. Used a different can this time, and the results were very different. The wire slid right through without a great deal of difficulty. Went and looked at the first can I used, and it was almost empty, and I think all I was getting out of the nozzel was the propellant. Smelled like WD40, but wasn't nearly as slick as the second can. Maybe it was just propellant, maybe it was old, whatever? The new(er) can worked like a charm, and it took about 30 minutes to completely install the boots and swap them onto the motor. Happy camper tonight, only smell like WD40!
) I thought I'd give the WD40 another try. Used a different can this time, and the results were very different. The wire slid right through without a great deal of difficulty. Went and looked at the first can I used, and it was almost empty, and I think all I was getting out of the nozzel was the propellant. Smelled like WD40, but wasn't nearly as slick as the second can. Maybe it was just propellant, maybe it was old, whatever? The new(er) can worked like a charm, and it took about 30 minutes to completely install the boots and swap them onto the motor. Happy camper tonight, only smell like WD40!
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TA DAAaaaa. Well, after some additional deep thought (sittin' on the throne ) I thought I'd give the WD40 another try. Used a different can this time, and the results were very different. The wire slid right through without a great deal of difficulty. Went and looked at the first can I used, and it was almost empty, and I think all I was getting out of the nozzel was the propellant. Smelled like WD40, but wasn't nearly as slick as the second can. Maybe it was just propellant, maybe it was old, whatever? The new(er) can worked like a charm, and it took about 30 minutes to completely install the boots and swap them onto the motor. Happy camper tonight, only smell like WD40!
) I thought I'd give the WD40 another try. Used a different can this time, and the results were very different. The wire slid right through without a great deal of difficulty. Went and looked at the first can I used, and it was almost empty, and I think all I was getting out of the nozzel was the propellant. Smelled like WD40, but wasn't nearly as slick as the second can. Maybe it was just propellant, maybe it was old, whatever? The new(er) can worked like a charm, and it took about 30 minutes to completely install the boots and swap them onto the motor. Happy camper tonight, only smell like WD40!
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TAYLOR spark plug wires
I am using the same set up you just described. I had no problems in getting the 10.4 mm wires to slip in the connectors. So, that system will work. It will look so much better and have a better spark delivery. That OEM position is hog wash. After market is better. Go for it!!!