I just turned 65,000 miles on my 4.2L, and I figure I'd better change the plugs and wires. I had O'Reilly's order me a set of OE Motorcraft spark plugs.

I saw that the OE Motorcraft wire sets are 89 bucks! That's a little to high priced for me. So, I was looking at getting the O'Reilly's house brand Omni-Spark wires ($29.99), or the Autolite Professional Series plug wires($43.00) at Advance Auto. Is there a big difference between the O'Reilly's wires and the Autolites? If not I'll just get whatever is cheapest. Thanks for any help.

 

FedEx just brought my blue 9mm JBA power cables from steedatruck.com They were only $59.

 

I bet those are nice. But I need some wires like...tommorrow. So parts stores are my only option. I'm getting the Autolite wires. Advance Auto's website says they're OEM replacement wires, and they have a lifetime warranty.

 

Those (Autolite) are some good wires.IMO,any set of wires with a lifetime warranty are good.

 

Thanks. Can't argue with that.

Edit: I got some Motorcraft OE plugs, 8mm Autolite Pro Series wires, and a Purolator fuel filter along with some dielectric and silicone boot grease this morning. Hopefully I'll find some time to put everything on today.

 

I got the plugs and wires put on this evening. It runs alot better.

I hve a question...Since when did they start calling motorcraft sparkplugs "finewire" plugs. Inoticed the electrode was very fine pointed. About like a needle with the sharp tip cut off.

 

Ford switched to the finewires a couple of years ago as the recommended replacements. They superceded the double plats which are not required with the finewire design.

Steve

 

That's cool to know. Thanks Steve.