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Re: [TR] New Spark plug wires arc

To: "'list Triumph'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] New Spark plug wires arc
From: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:30:19 -0700
> It
> seems if the #4 wire is close to the heater pipe - it arcs through the
> insulation of the wire just below where to boot ends.

IMO that indicates the voltage is going too high before it jumps the plug
gap.  There is a limit to how much that insulation will stop (which is true
of the entire system).  So there may be a problem with the spark plug (or
gap).

Randall

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