Many OEM ignition parts were made by Beru, not Bosch, and I believe those
are still German made.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM, David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@aol.com> wrote:

> Thanks Harold that's probably the way that I'll go. What is interesting is
> that the same picture appears to be used for the other option at the bottom
> of that page (Bosch set). I know that Bosch made most of the electrical and
> particularly ignition components for our vehicles. Bosch is absolutely not
> the same company that it was 25 years ago due to outsourcing for cheaper
> labor and materials but then again what company hasn't done this in the
> last 25 years? I do believe that real OEM is the way to go. I had to
> replace my power steering pump after over 250,000 trouble -free miles and
> for economic reasons, that I now truly regret, and went to a local FLAPS. I
> won't name this hometown auto parts giant but will say that their name is
> the opposite of "regress". Long story short; after replacing the pump six
> times in a year and a half I had a 30 minute conversation with the manager
> and finally convinced him to give me my money back rather than another
> crappy pump POS (oops I mean PS) pump. I worked in the service department
> at my local Honda dealership and kept swapping them out under the best of
> conditions but needed him to know that my time was worth something as was
> my frustration level. I told him that the last pump threw out the shaft and
> kicked off the belt that got tangled and mangled the alternator belt and
> also disabled the water pump. I took my money that he returned to me and
> went to the parts yard that had a 91 vanagon that I had been scavenging
> parts off of and bought it's used pump with over 100k and installed it. It
> has now taken me over 50k and runs very quietly and contentedly. All I buy
> from most FLAPS with the exception of NAPA and one local import parts house
> is fluids. I just don't trust them for anything that is electrical or has
> moving parts. Thanks to everyone who replied for their input. I did by the
> way check for corrosion and found no green or white junk on the connections
> but will use di-electric grease when I install the new set. Good idea Scott.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Teer &lt;teer.vanagon@gmail.com&gt;
> To: David Clarkson &lt;dvdclarksn@aol.com&gt;
> Cc: list &lt;vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com&gt;
> Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 2:16 pm
> Subject: Re: Looking for spark plug wire recommendations
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>    On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:46 PM, David Clarkson &lt;dvdclarksn@aol.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  ?Hey listees, I am in need of a new set of spark plug and coil wires for
> my 1990 2.1 engine.
> How about these for genuine VW wires at $64.95?
> http://www.busdepot.com/025998031
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> Harold
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> Harold Teer
> 1991 Westy
> Harrisonburg, VA
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