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Thanks Terry, I fired off a PM to him. Have a great weekend!

Hmmm I ran a search for XJ Reaper in the Username but came up zilch. Are they in another forum?

I just bought a Standard Blue Streak FD 478 coil and hopefully 'Black Betty' will be on the road again soon. :)

On the first wire I tried for cylinder #1 it got roached to the point that it was too short. The good folks at MSD though siad they'd send me a new wire cut to length and all set up. These guys are on my 'great' list.

This is Important When stripping the wire to expose the conductive strands it is nesessary when pulling the outer shielding from the wire to be pushing the core oppositely. The reason for this is the core strands are so tightly enclosed by the inner sleeve it can become unraveled leaving you to...

Whenever I've done brake work I've always relied on Raybestos but I'm sure there's many other opinions. :)

Yep, I was better served by using the method I used on those old school Accel wires, with a steady hand and a razor blade.

...another tip: When stripping the wire using the sizing crimping block included in the Universal Set use extra caution NOT to cut the Helically wound copper alloy conductor #8 I found out the hard way and ruined two wires.

I finally got through to the MSD Tech line and it is the silver double crimp for the Cap-a-dapt caps. One thing not mentioned in the instructions was the wire labels ~ Note: It's much easier to slip these on before crimping the terminals on.

So opening the kit I found two styles of crimp terminals; These terminals are described as the bronze colored Standard, and the silver colored Dual Crimp I'm using the MSD Cap-a-Dapt and I believe the 90* Dual Crimp is what I shound be using, or could I be wrong?

I got the MSD wires yesterday and I brought the Accel No.1 wire with me to work. I'm used to the Accel crimper and this one from MSD is a little different. Going to figure it out today and then get on to the rest of the wiring.

Thanks Terry :)

Dang wrong pic, again! I gotta tell you Terry, this had me knocked down a few times on the 23rd, had to lay flat on my back behind the counter. Then I'd be good again for about 20 minutes then down again I went. Finally made it in to the Doc got some Flexorell and Aleve but that didn't do a...

Looks like those wires are getting here soon, and thank Heavens my back is doing better. :D

Well it looks as though this long upgrade will be even longer. I hurt my back at work again on Friday so I'm moving very slow. The wires are due this friday, I hope I'm better by then.​

Holy Schneiglies! It's been a while since I price spark plug wires, MSD from $106?!? I found a set on EBay for $68, down from Impossible to Improbable, I guess.

I found it kind of odd that while all of the wire terminals in that MSD Cap are brass the coil connector appears to be bi-metal aluminum. Perhaps a change of design by MSD?

I test fit the dingus and those measurements translated well; It fit so well, I installed the Adapter and it seems I'm on my way. :)

It may not be pretty but with my fumbling fingers, this is what I came up with; If I'm not burnt out from work I may try this dingus tonight.