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Harness Terminations
The terminals on both ends of the plug wire are secured by a spring steel outer band with a detent.
Verify that you feel and/or hear the steel band detent
snap-lock
as the terminal slips over the
connecting post:
1)
Coil Terminals
- The coil terminal post inside the tower has 3 grooves. As you push the
circular terminal onto the post, you will feel and/or hear a series of sharp clicks as the terminal
detent snaps over these grooves.
2)
Plug Terminals
: Spark plugs have an hourglass shaped cap. You will feel and/or hear a sharp
click as the terminal snaps over the plug cap.
In either case,
if you don’t feel and/or hear the terminal snap,
remove and inspect for
irregularities or damage. If needed, replacement terminals can be provided by E-MAG.
If not properly secured the leads can come lose, which risks interrupting ignition operation,
and can damage the ignition coil. NEVER operate the ignition (fire plugs) without ALL high
voltage loops (coil to wires to plugs to engine to plug to wire to coil) secured in place.
Note1: After plug wires are connected, verify the boot sleeve is fully inserted over the spark plug
and coil towers and is relaxed, i.e. not “compressed” such that it’s left pushing the boot away from
the terminal.
Note 2: When removing the wires from either end, pull the boot/terminal straight off the post. If you
use the 90-degree boot to lever/pry/bend the terminal off the post, you can distort and weaken the
terminal spring retention clip.
Note 3: If using strap (Adel) clamps to secure plug leads, make sure the clamps are properly sized.
Clamps for smaller size (previous) wire may be too tight and can crush/compromise the internal
silicone insulation of our 8mm wire.
