speaking of sparkplugs...

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made j fizz say:

> ive never been sure of this..
>
> all the bosch plugs come with those screw-on 'nipples' that look like they
> WOULD make great connection to the plugwire IF they fit.
>
> i have never been able to get the wires to fit unless i leave the nipples
> OFF and just plug the wire terminal onto the bare threads on the top of the
> plug [nipple-less]. is this right or wrong? should the wires fit with the
> nipples? all my german car mechanics seem to leave them off too..

I believe those are to accomodate different applications. That is,
there are two different sizes of connectors from different companies.
I seem to recall dumping them in the trash myself.

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