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Old Yesterday | 01:32 PM
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Is this distributor wire usable?

Just kidding... but these wires have been hanging above my workbench since 1999. I fixed up and painted my 54 in 1998-99. Of course these wires were replaced at that time. It's amazing my truck ran so well in 1999. I think the longer one is a distributor wire.

There was a thread last week or so about someone's thread bare wire and it made me think about these.

Anyone else found wires like these in your truck?

 

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I found similar in distributor going to points, wire to distributor had been replaced. I don’t know how it actually ran. Insulation must have been in just the right spots.
 

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that is a ticket to a 9 pm rainy night back road adventure/nightmare/cuss fit !!!
 
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Originally Posted by abe
Anyone else found wires like these in your truck?

Are you sure you didn't sneak into my shop to take these ?
Terry
 
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