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    Posted: 11 Apr. 2021 at 1:05am
My old plug wires went through this hole.  I'm am assuming the stuck them through first then put the ends on?  I suppose I could pull the boots over the ends but.....


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Yes, put them through one at a time sans boots.
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  You’ve got the wrong plug wires with the wrong ends and boots anyway, so I guess it doesn’t really matter. 
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ETA: Maybe I’m missing something. Is it really hard to find spark plug wires with the correct ninety degree ends?
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Originally posted by Bruce W Bruce W wrote:

  You’ve got the wrong plug wires with the wrong ends and boots anyway, so I guess it doesn’t really matter. 
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ETA: Maybe I’m missing something. Is it really hard to find spark plug wires with the correct ninety degree ends?
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Yeah, I was more interested in finding good quality than finding the 90 degree ones.  But now that you mention it, I am not sure I have seen the 90's anywhere.
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Not sure where you are, but advance auto parts around here sells accel plug wires with 90* boots. Just bought a v8 set so I can do both Jeeps. 
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Walker  was an old brand that had them.
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Depends on the year of the Jeep, the old ones had no rubber boot on the spark plug.
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You can also get plug wires at tractor supply that look pretty correct.
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90 degree boots are available stand alone. Just switch the straight ones out.
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90* or straight, the spark cares less or does the engine ....... My NON-rivet counting opinion 😁

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Originally posted by Lee MN Lee MN wrote:

90* or straight, the spark cares less or does the engine ....... My NON-rivet counting opinion 😁

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Yeah, these will work fine.  If I was doing a correct restore, I'd change them.
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I ordered mine from The Brillman Company. They sell solid core and suppressor wires, straight or 90 degree ends. They actually sent me the wrong wires first (wrong ends), when I emailed them, they sent me the correct ones, no problem.
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I got mine off an eBay seller. I had them made with resister wire since I plan to upgrade to electronic ignition at some point. Wires look great. He was supposed to use bare ends but messed up. So, I got them for free. If you go with resister wire, I would add an inch to the length since they are pretty stiff and didn't like to easily bend. 

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