Now that's some serious reliability

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/23/2017 at 22:33 • Filed to: None

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My coils are original to the car, in fact if that date stamp is to be believed they were made three weeks before my car was built.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/23/2017 at 22:44

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You’ve got a 3 year edge on mine, which have never been replaced (granted my car is very low mileage for its age). Not feeling much urge to replace them unless I start getting a misfire.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > facw 05/23/2017 at 22:50

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mine have driven to the moon- 250k miles and counting.

Agrajag > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/23/2017 at 22:53

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*jinx initiated*

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/23/2017 at 22:54

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Yeah, mine have about a 5th of that. Though I’m pretty sure it’s a wasted spark system, so they’ve had to work twice as hard over those 50k miles.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/23/2017 at 23:00

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Looks like a M52B28 or S52B32

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 05/23/2017 at 23:08

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The first one

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/24/2017 at 00:08

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One of my cars has COPs that date from right around this era... Still going...

Mind you, I can’t recall having ever replaced one of the shared coils on a car built in the last 40 years. The last coil I remember replacing was in a 1975 GMC truck around 2001 or so, and I can’t remember replacing one on anything built after the 1970s.

These per-plug coils seem to go a lot more often, but it seems silly to complain considering they’re ridiculously reliable compared to spark plug wires. Then again, those stopped being a problem on cars starting sometime in the late 90s or early 00s. I don’t think I’ve replaced a set of spark plug wires in over a decade (and those were on a car that was built in the early-90s). Then again, I don’t own a car with spark plug wires anymore...

CodyVella > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/24/2017 at 00:10

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My 944 made it from 1984 until 2014 with the original cap, rotor and coil. They were pretty beat up and not far from failing, but they still worked. The Germans build some durable shit.

DipodomysDeserti > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/24/2017 at 01:36

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I have the original points in my motorcycle which were first installed in March of 1972 by some guy in Japan. Still on the factory clutch as well.

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/24/2017 at 05:42

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my car’s coils are original too, 14 years old no probs

just replaced the leads for a second time 647k km and counting

dogisbadob > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/24/2017 at 19:42

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Plenty of original coils that last longer than that :p