I feel sort of stupid that I haven't figured this out before. But messing with the spark plug wires on my Falcon's BBC is often irritating because of no easy way to grip the plug wire boot to pull them off the plug. I especially fight the driver's side between headers and steering column, and worry about pulling the ends off my spendy plug wires!
So I'm dreading it again this morning, and wondering how I can pull the 90 degree ends and not straighten them out, or break the ends off. Then I got this bright idea! I grabbed two 10" black wire ties and hooked the ends together. Cut the 1" sticking through off, and then put one end around the plug wire. I worked it down to the end oof the plug wire until it was inside the 90 degree end. Then I held the plug wire close to the end and grasped the two free ends of the wire tie. Gave the wire ties a good jerk, and they boot pulled right off the spark plug with ease!
I pulled all 8 plug wires off the plugs easily, and was so excited I put them on again and tried it over again! Can't believe I've been fighting plug wire ends for over 50 years and finally came up with a solution! Hope somebody else has similar or better ideas to pulling spark plug wires in tight areas? I'd love to hear them!
So I'm dreading it again this morning, and wondering how I can pull the 90 degree ends and not straighten them out, or break the ends off. Then I got this bright idea! I grabbed two 10" black wire ties and hooked the ends together. Cut the 1" sticking through off, and then put one end around the plug wire. I worked it down to the end oof the plug wire until it was inside the 90 degree end. Then I held the plug wire close to the end and grasped the two free ends of the wire tie. Gave the wire ties a good jerk, and they boot pulled right off the spark plug with ease!
I pulled all 8 plug wires off the plugs easily, and was so excited I put them on again and tried it over again! Can't believe I've been fighting plug wire ends for over 50 years and finally came up with a solution! Hope somebody else has similar or better ideas to pulling spark plug wires in tight areas? I'd love to hear them!