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Subject:Re: Spark Plug Wire Resistance
From:Doktor Tim
Date:Thu, 17 Oct 2002 22:24:22 -0700

At 06:03 PM 10/17/2002, you wrote:

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I was checking the resitance on the wire that goes from the coil to the
>distributor cap.  Mine was 11,500 ohms.  The Bently Manual says they
>should be about 2000 ohms.  Then I went and bought a new wire set and the
>new one is 13,000 ohms.  Does
>anyone know what is going on here?

What the problem could be.

No.1, a cheap multimeter or low battery in same. Bad data is worse than no
data.

No.2, non-spec parts. Use Bosch or Beru if you can get them.

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