Fall 2025 New Plugs and Wires
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 I had ordered new plugs and wires back when I first bought the bug but never got around to putting them in so I decided it was a simple (!) enough job that I would do it before putting the bug to bed for the winter. Yeah, right. I started out with caution and pulled only the #1 plug (right front). Replaced it with a new plug then removed the wire by first tying a length of cord to the end of it and pulling it through the thin space under the alternator then between the intake manifold and the dog house. I then untied the the cord from the old wire and tied it to the plug end of the new wire and used it to pull the new wire through the same space and back to the #1 plug. Then I spent 15 minutes trying to push the wire onto the plug. It's hard to get your hand back there to begin with and you can't see anything so you're doing it blind. Next think I know I hear a crack! Then four letter words come out of my mouth. I pull the wire back out and thi...