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From: CPB004@email.mot.com (Philip Bush)
Subject: Re: Plug wires -- Do they really need replacement?
Organization: Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 00:05:04 GMT
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In article <1rgvv2$am4@haven.umd.edu>, vadik@cs.umd.edu (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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