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How To Replace Spark Plug Wires

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Remove and Replace the Spark Plug Wires ... Finally!
Ready to install those plug wires.

Install your spark plug wires one at a time.

photo by Adam Wright, 2010
With all of the junk removed, you can finally see those spark plug wires sticking out of the back of the engine! WAIT! Don't start yanking them out just yet. You need to replace the plug wires one at a time to ensure you don't mix up any of the connections. Replacing them one at a time insures they will be reinstalled in the correct location. Also, I find that it helps to lay all of the new spark plug wires out on a clean table so that you can best match up the old wire with the new one according to length.

And hey, while you have the wires off, it's a great time to replace the spark plugs! You didn't do all of that work just to have to do it again the next time you need a tune up.

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