bonehead move...pulled plug wire off of cap. Fix?

malverts

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Hello,

I have improved the "pull harder" impulse in most cases in my life but this past weekend I reverted to the old ways.

I was slowly but firmly pulling the plug wire from the distributor on my 1975 850 after it quit having spark and I pulled a plug wire loose from the cap. To my shame I heard my father's voice running through my head again.

I also removed the coil wire the same way.

Lastly, I saw that the rectifier wires were not hooked up correctly. One of the stator wires was hooked to the power post and the power post was hooked up to one of the stator posts. Your thoughts?

What have I damaged and how do I fix it?

thanks,

Mike
 

Scaaty

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Re: bonehead move...pulled plug wire off of cap. Fix?

Find some new wires the easiest, and don't forget this time they screw in
 

Tadd_P

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Re: bonehead move...pulled plug wire off of cap. Fix?

yeah they do screw in unless you have adi ignition (without dist.) as i have they plug in just as a car plug does.
 

Scaaty

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Re: bonehead move...pulled plug wire off of cap. Fix?

yeah they do screw in unless you have adi ignition (without dist.) as i have they plug in just as a car plug does.

1975 850 ..I think its upside down distrub..
 

Chris1956

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Re: bonehead move...pulled plug wire off of cap. Fix?

Mike as you now know the spark plug wires screw into the dist cap, as does the coil wire. The coil wire pulls out of the coil however.

Go to OldMercs.com for the best price on spark plug leads.
 

jimmy57

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Re: bonehead move...pulled plug wire off of cap. Fix?

i did the same on my coil wire the boat shop here has new ends and he just soders them back in wire ends were only a little more then a dollar apeice you can get new ends and crimp them or soder them back on to the wires
 
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