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Spark plug color confusion; mine

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21 Feb 2020 15:25 #39542 by 1748 S
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Good Information on the spike to wire continuity. I certainly will be checking this.


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21 Feb 2020 14:35 #39540 by johnmereness
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As a sidenote: I always use my voltmeter to test continuity of the wires through the terminals in the cap - you would be surprised at the trouble I and other people have also had with bad continuity though spikes in cap. Also, I have had a few NOS caps that the brass looks perfect, but they must have had some sort of clear coating on them to prevent corrosion (and it works), but I have had to sand all the brass pins to get continuity.

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16 Feb 2020 22:14 #39517 by Tim Gilmartin
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Under the current 810/812 Cord judging standards, only black or maroon spark plug wires are acceptable.
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08 Feb 2020 14:57 - 21 Feb 2020 14:32 #39469 by johnmereness
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This is the Best of Show car at ACD Festival for 2019. If it had been my project, I probably would have gone Shiny Black wire from Brillman and I always have them professionally install the ends - also have them add a few inches extra and I clip off excess myself. brillman.com/product/7mm-cotton-braided-spark-plug-wire/


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08 Feb 2020 05:16 #39468 by mikespeed35
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I have had Maroon spark plug wires I bought at auction. Sold them to Cord owner.
CORDiallyMike

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08 Feb 2020 02:04 #39467 by E L
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Oak wires have not been accepted in judging at Auburn for several years

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07 Feb 2020 22:49 #39465 by 1748 S
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My non official guess is yes they are ok.. But ok for what is going to take more than my opinion. Sadly this web site has very few watchers because many long time club members do not have computers or access to this forum. If you have a directory why not look up some judges and email them this question. Or call directly. Also a picture can really help show what you have. I recall black or maroon was the ONLY factory colors and maroon was not very common. Some say it never was a color. I'm still on the fence bout these two mentioned colors.


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07 Feb 2020 21:37 #39464 by wcoye
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So I'll restate my original question, folks; considering what I found in the forum are my oak wires kosher?

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02 Feb 2020 17:12 #39448 by 1748 S
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My 37 beverly came with original spark plug wires but... I could never determine if they were black or maroon. I think they were maroon because I removed one wire when I sold them on ebay years ago with the metal distribution tubes.


Now am wishing I had kept them...


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02 Feb 2020 14:56 - 02 Feb 2020 14:57 #39447 by johnmereness
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I have a couple maroon spark plug/ignition wires from original/unrestored Auburn 852 cars - my assumption was the wire went bad and the car was serviced at an Auburn-Cord Dealership verses a filling station or other repair facility. Unfortunately the maroon has never been reproduced - which is a shame as I assume it was done to match the distributor caps.

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02 Feb 2020 02:41 #39443 by wcoye
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So I'm cruising the forum last looking for judging standings....and come across a judging standards post from April of 2003 that sates that spark plug wires are maroon, oak or black. Then I find a posting from 2018 by Mark Tomei that states spark plug wires are maroon or black. What happened to oak? My wires are "oak" and are in beautiful shape. I'm not above taking a Magic Marker to them but they are awful pretty the way they are.
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