Dielectric grease, ever heard about it ?  Well, obviously the person who INSTALLED those cables in the dizzy cap did not !  Using Dielectric grease on both ends of the plug wires make them a breeze to remove later on down the road.  Now, you will just have to twist and turn and pull and hope nothing gets wrecked in the process.  Maybe time for new dizzy cap and wires !

On 2012-08-24, at 6:06 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> 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?

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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