M117 Sparks under hood / new wires, etc.

[LandYaghtLover]

Hi all,

I'll be honest, I did not search much on this. Just worked on car and need it running peak asap. So pardon my ignorance if this has been answered before please.

Starting about two weeks ago, my car was running rough. First at idle. This was typically during rain. So I figured water getting into some electric component, etc. Also thought maybe ignition system. Then it starting running rough at idle all the time - worse when wet - but now all the time. This graduated to beyond idle about a week ago.

I finally opened the hood and could hear a snapping sound. It was a spark jumping around the distributor cap. About an inch. Secondary ones in other places. So I figured time for a new cap/rotor/wire set. After all, I know my cap had a crack in it.

Well today I replaced the cap/rotor and sire set. All Buru brand. I did not get a chance to do the plugs since I could not find the proper socket. The car certainly starts better and runs much better. No noticeable miss anymore. Off the line its responsive again and overall it feels like it has much more power.

But I did a lights out test anyway. I noticed glows all over still. No large sparks. More like when one pulls a band-aid off quickly in the dark. But dimmer. These are located at nearly every spark wire end near the wire hood. And along the coil to cap wire.

I tried a jumper to ground the coil to ground, thinking bad ground, but no change.

So is some glow normal? I dont want to damage all these new parts in any way. A coil is not expensive, but I would like your input before I toss one in when its not needed.