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Old May 12, 2003 | 05:15 AM
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i was going to change my plugs and when i pulled the wires..2 of them the metal piece that attaches to the wires broke and stay on the plugs..would i be able just to put the wires back in of do i neeed to replace them and if so how do i take the metal thing off the plugs now?..

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Old May 12, 2003 | 04:31 PM
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Yes, you need to replace the plug wires. Short term you can try to recrimp the metal clips back onto the spark plug wires, but they should really be replaced.

Remove the metal clips off the spark plugs by removing the spark plugs, then removing the metal clip with a pair of reverse pliers.
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Old May 13, 2003 | 12:05 AM
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how would i take the spark plugs out? the metal clip is still on them down there? loooong needle nose pliers maybe?
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Old May 13, 2003 | 03:51 AM
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you need a spark plug socket...its has foam inside and is on the longer side when it comes to sockets...

this happened to me aswell...i just recrimped the wires temporarly...like random said....it was fine till i got to the store.
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Old May 13, 2003 | 04:26 AM
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ok..so it is a bad idea to drive around with this on?..because i just bought these wires and where will i be able to get new plug wires that aren't oem to fit our tiburon?
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Old May 13, 2003 | 12:21 PM
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ok..so it is a bad idea to drive around with this on?..because i just bought these wires and where will i be able to get new plug wires that aren't oem to fit our tiburon?
I have a Yellow set of Vitek Performance wires if your intrested.They are BRAND new never used.Email me if your intrested smile.gif
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