$70 was the dealer price. I got a set today at Canadian Tire for $30+tax.
About the same as you paid for your 8 wires. They didn't help any so I guess
I'm either getting a new distributor or going to get the codes read,
whichever is cheaper.
One of the terminals on the dist was white with corrosion and the last one
had a big pile of rust setting on it when I took the wire off. Been a log
time since I've dealt with an ignition system but I've never seen rust on a
distributor before. The terminal wasn't rusted, it just wiped off so the
rust must have come from inside the wire end.
"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
m...
> In article >, "Roy" <crawroy
> @
> nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>>I replaced the PCV valve and hose. I put in new spark plugs (figured they
>>were due anyway and inexpensive). The plugs helped a little by getting rid
>>of the rough idle but it still has the miss and a little hesitation when I
>>give it some gas. I guess next is plug wires ($70, I priced them while I
>>was
>>at the dealer).
>
> Seventy dollars??? Damn. I realize that's Canadian dollars, not US, but
> your
> dollar is a lot stronger against ours now than it was just a few years
> ago.
> Right now, CDN$70 is about US$62 -- and that's a *hell* of a high price
> for
> spark plug wires. Especially for a 4-cylinder engine.
>
> For comparison, I just bought a set for my Suburban at a local auto parts
> store last weekend -- and that's a V-8 engine, twice as many wires -- for
> US$25 (= CDN$28 and change).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.