Spark plug wires (also called "ignition cables") carry high voltage current from the ignition coil(s) to the spark plugs. On older engines with distributors, the wires run from the distributor cap to the plugs, and come in different lengths to reach the closest and furthest spark plugs. Th...
If you let your spark plug wires go for more than 30,000 miles without being changed (and even sometimes if you don't), they can be difficult to remove. The constant heating and cooling of the engine every day can cause the rubber to stick to the spark plugs or the distributor electro...
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When everything is working correctly, the current in both wires should be exactly the same. As soon as the hot wire connects directly to the ground (if somebody accidentally touches the hot wire, for example), the current level surges in the hot wire, but not in the neutral wire. The ...
I created avideothat showed how to assemble and tune the traps. Tuning can be a little tricky, and then stabilizing the turns/spacing to preserve the tuning is critical – not hard, just takes a bit of patience. With the traps built and tuned, the next step would be to build and tune...
The distributor cap looks like a crown, and the spokes on its top are connected to thick black cables. These cables arespark plug wires. The distributor cap is a plastic component near the center of the engine under the hood. (Photo: Oards Automotive) ...
We’re going to need 5 wires, each cut to about 7″ long. If you can, make each of these wires a different color. The colors I’m using are white, yellow, green, black, and red. Your wires don’t have to be color-coded, but it does make it much easier to assemble the ...
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ignition coil, distributor, distributor cap, rotor, plug wires and spark plugs. Older systems used a points-and-condenser system in the distributor, newer (as in most we'll ever see anymore) use an ECU, a little brain in a box, to control the spark and make slight changes in ignition ...
Older versions of the design (as seen in the videos) used glued-on BF350-3AA strain gauges to detect presses; in v0.5 these were replaced with footprints for SMD resistors, which exhibit similar properties when stretched/compressed and are much easier to assemble. The TMC6300 is tiny and ...