Spark Plug Wire Support

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By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

This one is pretty basic, but I forgot where the supports for the original spark plug wires go. The two on the sides of the block are pretty basic, but the other two, at the rear, I can't remember. I found a set of NOS wires, with the supports and rubbers, BUT managed to forget the exact place to screw them...

Does anybody has a picture?

And please, don't laugh, ok?

By charliemccraney - 15 Years Ago

These are mounted in the same places. Relative to the picture, the right side is mounted next to the distributor at the very last hole of the intake flange. The left mounts to a thread in the block. It's farthest to the left on the top of the block.

By GREENBIRD56 - 15 Years Ago

Still searching for an OEM style arrangement - this could be it.....

By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

Thanks a lot guys!!!!

I was looking for a Motorcraft set of plug wires, complete with supports to instal, and now I found!!

Around here there are some aftermarket wires, but they are cheap chinese stuff. All good repro stuff are for the 302 Windsor. The only quality stuff for Y-blocks is the silicone kind wires, in all colors but black. I was using a set of yellow wires, and with way too much beer on my head, I did this:

Ok, ok, bad moove.

The worse thing is that I also managed to lose my old, but original set of wires, that was complete, with the supports, when my engine was at the machine shop being boored.

By Ol'ford nut - 15 Years Ago

Tulio-

Where did you get your ac compressor bracket? That's just what I want to put ac in my 56.

By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

That bracket is factory original. Came on '69 to '75 Galaxies with the 292.

The only mod I did, was to ad a plate to adapt it to the Sanden compressor. The original was a York.

I can look for one, if you are interested, or I can take some measurements, and draw a CAD blueprint.

By Ol'ford nut - 15 Years Ago

Two questions-

What are the chances of finding the brackets? Don't need compressor. And what do you think shipping to me would be?

By Ol'ford nut - 15 Years Ago

Do you think your Ford dealer can come up with the part numbers for the parts? Than I could try my Ford dealer.

Thanks

By Eddie Paskey - 15 Years Ago

Hey Ol'Ford;;; Try Old Air Products-- Fort Worth, Texas. They have all sorts of brackets and also complete Kits.. Hope this helps

God Bless Eddie

PS Phone #(817) 531-2665 also web www.oldairprodusts.com

By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

Well, this things are not easy to find, but I already sent some emails to several parts guys I know (don't worry, just asked for the part, and price).

Shipping will be quite high, due to the weight. I'm thinking about 50 Dollars, that's about 88 Reais (1,00 Dollar = 1,75 Real) for the Brazilian equivalent to Priority mail.

The part numbers:

BC7A-19B694-A - Complete bracket kit (no compressor, or any other accessories)

BC7A-19B968-B - Semi-Complete kit (includes compressor and all brackets)

BD3A-19B968-A - Complete Bracket kit (includes compressor, evaporator, condenser, dryer filte, all hoses, belts, wiring, and even the hole saw to the firewall)

With this part numbers you could buy the whoke kit, or just the supports. Warning, those are Brazilian part numbers. I don't know if the U.S.A. part numbers would be the same.

If you couldn't find a kit the way you want anywhere, I'm pretty sure I can find a nice used bracket (a NOS bracket is almost impossible). You will only need to ad a new bearing to the tensioner, and some paint/chrome, and you a ready to go.

By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago

lovefordgalaxie (8/30/2010)

How much is the complete kit?

By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

As soon as I find a complete kit for sale, I'll post the price.

A few kilometers from my house, there is a guy taking apart a '73 LTD Landau. Tomorrow I'm gonna take a look, to see if he has the brackets of the A/C.

By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

Back to the spark plug wires, I think I'm gonna cry now.

Instaled everything, and the engine didn't like it. My wires were made with a super conductor ruber and some kind of fiberglass as conductors, and I think it was too much for the points distributor. For the part number it's for a 292, but the last ones made, with electronic ignition. I didn't think it would make a difference, but did. The idle is bad, and the car misses. Instaled my old cooper "yelow" wires back, and it's perfect again.

Can it really be the wires, with too much resitence? What do you think guys?

By Ol'ford nut - 15 Years Ago

Had a friend that had the same problem. Resistor wires and resistor plugs-- ran terrible. Changed the wires and everything was good.

By lovefordgalaxie - 15 Years Ago

Well, after moch crying I decided to do some experiments.

My plugs were Champions RF11YC. Instaled my new old cables again, and changed the plugs for a set of NGKs AP5FS (non resistor).

The car ran perfect!!!

I took some measurements with my multimeter, and the plugs had almost twice resistence than the longer cable. Hat to use the 100K scale to read the plugs.

I didn't know hom muche resistence those plugs have, and have to say, it amazed me.