[s-cars] More Project Questions - Plugs & Plug Connectors

[brian hoeft]

hi Douglas, I dont know about those numbers you speak of, I just know I have
tried plugs other than the F5DPOR's and always found my way back to them.
Part of that I attribute to my Dahlback rs2 programming and them being the
only plugs acceptable to Hans besides the bosch 'racing' plugs whose numbers
elude me at present..

as far as the connectors go, its precisely why I swear by dielectric
grease.  Not too much,, just a pea sized dap rubbed between your fingers and
applied to the connectors the same way you'd, uh,,, pick your nose? :) sorry
best analogy I could think up as I type..

if that didnt gross you out, just think about a song titled "the di-electric
slide" ,,which if exists,, is probly in a bad porn...  HEY, at least im
laughing!.. okay i'll stop now.





On 11/17/07, Douglas Fifield <douglas.fifield at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hedz,
>
> Rolling along on my multi-part project, I now come to plugs and plug
> connectors.
>
> A while back, in an attempt to track down an intermittent miss, I
> purchased and installed new plugs and connectors.  The plugs were the
> standard Bosch platins that have been in such discussion on this list
> of late.  The connectors were sourced through Worldpac and appeared to
> be identical to the stock ones they replaced.
>
> At my next oil change, I went to check the torque on the plugs, but
> instead of the connectors coming up with the coil cover and giving
> access to the plugs, the connectors stayed attached to the plugs.
> After much pulling and straining, I finally got the connector off of
> the number one plug, but clearly stressed the connector in doing so.
> I decided to leave them in place until further work needed to be done
> on the car.  That time has come.
>
> I pulled the connectors off as part of the valve cover gasket
> replacement, destroying them in the process.  One of them left a ring
> of rubber welded to the plug which required further gyrations to
> remove before the plugs could be extracted.
>
> Has anyone seen behavior like this before?  The plugs are now out and
> the electrode ends look fine.  The screw-on contacts on the other end
> of the plugs all look baked however.
>
> In examining the plugs themselves I see the script that says Bosch
> Platin and underneath that is the following:  R1  591
>
> The new plugs I ordered from SJM are identical except for the three
> numbers.  The new plugs have the numbers 782.
>
> Does anyone know if this means anything?  Or, does anyone have ideas
> on why I experienced what I did.  I don't want the connectors to stick
> again.  Those plugs need to be checked as we all know.
>
> TIA.
>
> D.
>
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