---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> twist and pull.
> your 84 originally had an early style dist cap where you just see a
> smooth hole when you remove the plug wire from the cap.
> 85 and up there is a post in that same hole..
> those are better........I usually upgrade an 84 to that style.
>
> be careful about cheap spark plug wires ..sometimes the ends will pull
> apart rather than unplug from the dist cap.
> twist and pull carefully, engine off.

so, is it not possible to do the traditional remove plug wires with the engine running to check for a miss?  thanks, mcneely

> scott
> turbovans
> pmail me your ph # ..if you wish.
> there is a small chance I could stop by next week.
>
>
> On 8/24/2012 1:57 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> > After changing the plugs on my 1.9 I initially thought that the engine
> > was missing. Exhaust smelled rich, engine was wobbling when idling and
> > it didn't sound quite right. So I thought to unplug the cables, one by
> > one, to see if I could find the missing cylinder.
> >
> > I wanted to unplug them at the distributor end, it being easier to get
> > to that the sparky ends. But I could not get them to budge. Ignition
> > wires not being inexpensive, I didn't apply full force, but instead
> > moved to the harder to get to plug ends.
> >
> > Turned out that none of the cylinders were missing, the engine smoothed
> > out fine.
> >
> > But my question is: is there a secret to getting the wires loose from
> > the dizzie? Does a fellow just haul away 'till it busts free?
> >
> > --
> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > Bend, Ore.
> >

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David McNeely