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Spark plug wires
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Anyways, I am wondering where the best place to get spark plug wires are. Z1 enterprises doesn't have any spark plug wires showing up on their website. That's usually my go to. Anyone have any other places to get plug wires?
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When replacing the wires on my coils I extracted the outside protective cover and installed it over the new wire. A spritz of WD-40 helped it slide over the new cable easily.
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Guess I'll have to buy all the parts separately online. I'll make sure to get copper core and a ngk cap.
Current: '19 Harley Roadster, '72 XLCH, '84 GPz 550
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dpivas7 wrote: What kind of connector do I need to fit onto the coil? The stock wires on my bike have a hole in them that slips over the connector on the coil.
If it's a standard coil, you shouldn't need anything, provided you have the end caps which twist on. To replace the wires you twist off the end cap and spacer, twist out the old cable(they're held in the coil with a little thread, like a screw). Give the surface of that thread a clean, then twist in the new cable, and secure the cable in place by sliding the spacer on and twisting the end-cap back on.
With the caps removed and no cables, your coils should look like this:
The caps and spacers are at the bottom. So you would slide the cap and spacer over the 7mm cable, twist that cable into the holes of the coil, and then tighten up the end caps. Job done.
If there are no end caps to remove and its just a wire going straight into the coil, it's likely an aftermarket coil and might not be designed to have the cables replaced.
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Well the Dyna kit came in and it doesn't look compatible...
I have a stock coil which has the screw caps and a little pin sticking out of it. Below is a picture of how my stock wire looks:
So as I said before, the wire has to slip into the coil. The kit came with end attachments, but both of which do not appear to be compatible with the coil:
So either I'm missing something, or I have to ask it again... where can I get spark plug wires for a 1984 GPz 550?
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What I ended up doing was shoving the pin from the old spark plug cap into the new spark plug wire. I used electrical tape to seal the dust boot on the cap.
Then I took the open end of the spark plug wire, but the old screw cap on it, and shoved it into the coil. I don't know if that's how it supposed to go on, but that's how it seemed like the stock ones were assembled. It doesn't seem very secure.
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