file.newsgroup.cars.103738 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Philip Bush)
Subject: Re: Plug wires -- Do they really need replacement?
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Vadim Maslov)
wrote:
>
>
> Hi, netters
>
> I went to "All Tune and Lube" for routine maintenance
> and they said I need to change plug wires because
> they are original ones and "you driven 70+ K miles on them".
> I had a strong suspicion that they just wanted to make money.
> Wires had no visible defects and my repair manual doesn't
> recommend any scheduled maintenance for them.
>
> Is it "plain vanilla" rip off?
> Or there can be some backing behind
> their suggestion to replace wires?
>
> I have Ford Taurus 86.
>
>
> Vadim Maslov.
I once had a sparking problem with my '65 Mustang, and simply changing
the spark plug wires fixed it.
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