{"id":1718,"date":"2025-10-14T02:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:45:38","slug":"replacing-the-spark-plug-wires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/replacing-the-spark-plug-wires\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing the Spark Plug Wires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2 on project &#8220;Made the Baja Engine Less Red&#8221; has commenced. I replaced my plug wires and coil wire with new Pertronix and Taylor wires. Part of this was angle of the coil wire after the coil was relocated. But this is an easy job, just replace one at a time and follow the instructions on cutting a custom wire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4703-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4703-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4703-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4703-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4703-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4703-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I replaced the <a href=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/custom-coil-wire\/\">coil wire first<\/a> , The new angle is much better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4740-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4740-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4740-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4740-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4740-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4740-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I literally just took one off at a time and replaced them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4739-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4739-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4739-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4739-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4739-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4739-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These spark plug wire pliers are a real problem solver, if you see them, I highly recommend picking up a pair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4717-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4717-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4717-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4717-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4717-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4717-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have these wire organizers on the tin (that I think are from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagev-dubs.com\/shop\/ignition-cable-holder-3-slot-1963-later-bug-bus\/\">Vintage VDubs<\/a>), there were a little tricky to work the wires into, I sprayed some rubbing alcohol on them and it made easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4708-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4708-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4708-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4708-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4708-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4708-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Taylor Coil Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitracing.com\/parts\/tay-45409\">https:\/\/www.summitracing.com\/parts\/tay-45409<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pertronix Plug Wires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbugs.com\/product\/PT704101.html\">https:\/\/www.jbugs.com\/product\/PT704101.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step 2 on project &#8220;Made the Baja Engine Less Red&#8221; has commenced. I replaced my plug wires and coil wire with new Pertronix and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1728,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions\/1728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}