On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 06:54:19 -0700 "Steven A. Davis"
writes:
>I covered the spark plug wire on my 95 Section and the problem of
>arcing got worse. I think the secret is using the plastic as CJ says,
>I used a more rubbery hose, like a vacuum hose and the sparks would
>arc out of the wire, across a 1/8 gap to the rubber radiator hose.
>This arcing would come and go making the bike run like I was having
>carburetor problems.

Some rubber hoses that are black have a lot of carbon black in them, which will reduce dialectric strength. I use a clear, soft plastic (rubber) tube that I split lengthwise and slip over the line.

>I removed my extra covering from the wire and I also removed the red
>cap that goes over the spark plug, I found that the cap's connecting
>screw was not screwed into the sparkplug wire's center, it was set off
>of center so there was alittle insulation between the spark plug wire
>and the cap screw. After I fixed that problem I have had no problem
>with the wire arcing.
>Steve D.

Didn't know abou tthe off-center assembly of the cap. Thanks for the info.

Chris (CJ) Johnson
Director of Engineering,
College Park Industries, Inc. http://www.college-park.com
(810) 294-7950 (at CPI), (616) 664-4173 (home office)
papazit "at" juno.com