Spark plug wires ftl

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    Ok I was playing in a little mud and when I come out I noticed the truck was acting weird. So I stop and put it in neutral and rev it and ooooo my a misfire. And I let it idle in drive and I hear the same thing I heard before I changed my wires last time ...... A spark knock ( wire isn't on the plug good) So does any one know if very bumpy ground will pull a plug wire off? I looked under the hood and no water under there and like I said it sounds like the wires.

    I'm really getting tired of misfires I'll try pushing it back on in the morning but if it doesn't go idk what to do I just got new wires a month or 2 ago
     
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    Could have a crack in the wire. I've had it happen all too many times.
     
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    they are brand new I cant afford them :( I gots a date friday :waytogo: Im hoping that i can push it back on or something but if not ill reuse one of my old ones
     
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    is it possible for the spark plug to be pushing off the wire?

    the number 7 plug wire keeps coming off idk why though its pissing me off I took one wire off of it today and put an old one on it and it still came off so I took some pliers and crimped it some so it will stay on. It did good for a few hours and I took my brother to the store and it started misfiring again.

    So i am thinking another set of $107 wires but instead of autolite I'll get Accel (they are blue so they will match lol). But if the new wires dont work wtf do I do then? It will be either the 5th or 6th till I get the wires so I'm stuck driving a chebby suburban :Grenade:
     
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    I just buy the Duralast wires from VatoZone. They have a lifetime warranty and only cost about $45-$50.
     
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    i hate duralast I always get bad wires from duralast
     
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    They're not the best, but I usually get about 2-3 years out of em and end up just returning them for another set. I accidentally let one lay on the manifold and burn up about 7 months ago and the lifetime warranty saved me from spending the cash for a new set of wires. :waytogo:
     
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    I might get the duralast ones if autozone wont let me call in and tell them to order some accel ones cause i dont wanna waste money on gas to go there 2 times and ill be driving a 5.7 and its a gas hog
     
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    Idk about in your area but at the advance I work at we keep accel wires in stock for more common vehicles like the 97-03 f150's


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