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Old 03-05-2008, 07:04 PM
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Like title states I need to find a place where they sell a long set of multimeter leads, perhaps around 10 feet or more.
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Make your own. Maybe speaker wire, molded together?? Checked 2 catalogs, nothing extra long. Good luck.

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Longest I can find are 63". What are you trying to do with it? If you're looking for a broken wire I've gotten around this by twisting two wires together or jumping from one pin to another on the same connector. Use your multimeter and go between the two wires, if both test good then you can use one as a known good wire and jump to the others and check them.
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Actually those 63 inch ones should work. Where can I get them???

I have my PCM in the passenger foot area. Just trying to track down why my 7th coil pack is not firing.
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Originally Posted by RiceKilla
Actually those 63 inch ones should work. Where can I get them???

I have my PCM in the passenger foot area. Just trying to track down why my 7th coil pack is not firing.
Grainger sells them. Fluke brand. I'd still try to find another pin in that connector near the one you're checking and jump from one to the other and check both wires at the ECU.
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.....or you can just ground the other end of the wire you are checking and ohm through it.
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I did a Google search for test lead wire, it gave 767,000 results.
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You can just wrap speaker wire around the leads you have then tape or zip tie them in place. I was installing a surround sound setup in my dad's house and I had to figure out which wires were which when I went to hook the speakers to the amp. Had to run about 30' of speaker wire to do it and it worked just fine.
Labeling them ahead of time would have been much easier (rookie mistake).
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I bought rolls of multmeter lead wire and ends at Radio Shack and made my own long leads.



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