No VW has ever had factory installed carbon core wires. Differences for the
Vanagon depends on air or water cooled, then 83-88, then 89 later. The 89+
use the small pin connectors in the distributor cap. VW now only supplies
the later wire sets. I've learned to buy the dealer sets as the after market
do not seem to last. The ends either short to the shell or open up. Even the
German ones. My Vanagon with 180K is still running the original set. Also,
make sure you have the suppression shield on the cap. Later caps usually
come with a new shield attached.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Stan Wilder
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Aren't all Vanagon spark plug wires the same?

Some  use solid core copper wires. The ones without electronic ignition.
Vanagons with electronic ignition use carbon fiber wires.
The spark plug end plug-on ends also have different resistance factors.

On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:51:28 -0700 '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
writes:
> I saw this on eBay....
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5943181
31
>
> Why would they only fit 85 and up? Do you know if Borg Warner makes
> 'em for an Air Cooled?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Gronski
> '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
> '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
> '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable
> www.vanagon.org & .ca
> www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca
> www.nineeleven.org & .ca

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