Re: Plug/ignition wires for 56 Packard 374 v8

Posted by Bowman Davis On 2009/12/13 18:02:18

BH,
Thanks again, some more great info.
My pat has the later "finger type" with the "O"ring type grommets in the slots to protecj the wire.
The reason I have started looking for plug wire set is, I noticed the coil wire to dist. was arcing from the boot to the neg. term side of the coil as I was using a remote starter switch to crank the engine after replacing my dist.
The wires and the boots to the plugs seem to be okay. I had just checked them prior to pulling the dist, by visually checking with eng. running at night, and there were no arcs, that I could see. I then physically held the boot at the plug(with eng. running)while touching the block with my other hand and didn't even get a tinble. I know each plug was firing because I had checked that priviously with my in line spark tester.

BigKev, Thanks, Did the OEM wires have Packard or Delco logo on them.
You both make a good point about the solid wire cores being very durable. I could probably get the boots for plugs and dist.including the coil and use my old wires, if needed.