Where can I get replacement wires? One of the boots, where it connects to the plug, part of it is cracked on my xj.
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Are you looking for the wires or the plug boots?
The wires are not easily replaceable on stock coils also, it takes some surgery to do it...Nathan
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1978 XS1100E
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#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
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Green Monster Coils
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In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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One of the boots are cracked, so I ordered the following:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00
Didn't know it was an involved process to replace the wires, or I would have just ordered the boots. So I have cancelled the order then. Any recomendations on what I should do?Hydra'82 XJ1100 Frankenbike with a '79 engine
~dubbed "Hydra" by a friend, because "once one problem is fixed, another rears its ugly head!"
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Here is what you have to do to replace the wires since the wires are molded into the OEM coils.
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137
Some people have good luck doing this many others don't, it is kind of a crapshoot.
For the plug boots, if it is one of the inner 2 plugs you want NGK XB05F. Like this
http://www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDet...item=TU38-1007
For the outer 2 plugs I THINK (not sure of this one cause I can't find anything for the XS even on the NGK website for the 90 degree boot) you want NGK LB05F like this.
http://www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDet...item=TU38-1001
For the wires you will want to find a solid core wire, none of that fancy carbon or graphite core crap, it can't hold up to the vibrations and the way the wires just find of hang out there like they do on these bikes. Like this
http://www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDet...?item=MA8337-1Nathan
KD9ARL
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
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