New Original plug leads

[BOYER73S]

Can someone tell me where I can buy a complete set of plug leads including Beru connectors ends etc so that I can stop my 73 RS from running on anywhere between 4 and 6 cylinders!!!!

[pwd72s]

Clyde, the original style connectors are NLA...I was fortunate enough to find a set on ebay several years ago. Keeping them for spares. You might do a search on pelican. There have been several threads there on original connectors, how to make an original set-up, ect. You might search under John Walker's workshop and early_S_man as posters....

[glaverbel911]

Clyde, Last set of 12 I bought was from Andial.. Try them, maybe you'll still be in luck. If not,,, let me know..

Robert..

PS,,, where's my goodie bag mate.

[BOYER73S]

Thanks Paul I was afraid of that.

Robert, dammed if I know have you shifted house by any chance however I will resend if you don't get it shortly and I will ring if I don't have any luck.

[Bobboloo]

If you don't need the original look of Beru then you might get Clewitts. They work great and are quite reasonable in pricing. About $130 US for a set. That way you can put your Berus in storage.

If you have to have the original look then re-cable your Beru set. Just test your Beru connectors to make sure they are fully functional. If you have a couple of bad connectors you can probably find a used set on ebay. I see them from time to time cheap.

[BOYER73S]

Found I had a hairline fracture in two on my RS probably explains a few things
so I thought I would try to eliminate leads as a source of the problem by purchasing compltely new ones. Not so easy it seems!!! but what is when working on these beloved cars

[GreenT]

Kingsborne in San Diego is the Beru distributor for North America. They have all the various connectors still available. There were some differences over the years, but you should be able to find anything you are looking for.

http://www.kingsborne.com/connectors.htm

I just finished making a set with parts from them. Basically, on the plug end there were 1000ohm resistor connectors with a wood screw connection to the wire, or later SC type 3000ohm connectors with a nice M3 threaded connection. The Porsche part number for this later style was 911.602.315.00.
The earlier style are cheap, Kingsborne will make you a complete set of wires for a 911 using these connectors for about $60. This is using good 8mm 19 strand tinned copper wire and Beru connectors on both ends. For the set at this price, they are using the 1000ohm Beru connectors on the plug end and regular (non-resistor) connectors on the distributor end with solid copper wire, but they will make you a set in any configuration.

Instead of being about $6 like the wood screw type, the stouter M3 threaded plug connectors are $30-40 new, and about $20 used from someone like PartsHeaven. I used these, along with 1000ohm Bremi distributor connectors. I took the factory approach of using resistor ends and non-resistor wire as opposed to having resistor wire of varying lengths giving varying amounts of resistance. I took pictures of the various connectors and assembly process if you are interested.

[pwd72s]

Wow! This is great info...my printer is working as I type. Thanks! Didn't have a clue about this San Diego connection...

[GreenT]

Here are the two types. The cutaway of the wood screw type I saved from another thread years ago. The other shows the crimped threaded M3 connection as used on the later connector. Looked like a better way to go to me. They are a little longer, so they are easier to pull off the plug. The air seal rubber is heavier and seals better and makes a nice solid 'snock' going on the plug. Kingsborne has these threaded sleeves as well as Mercedes dealers as a stock part. They are sized for 7mm wire but can be heated and worked to fit on 8mm wire.

[Bobboloo]

I've seen the ads on ebay for the Kingsborne sets and had noticed how similar they looked to Beru. I thought they were probably just knock-offs. Oh well' I guess this explains the similarity.