The easiest plug wire check...

Raise the engine hood/bonnet on a very dark night...

With the engine warm and ideling observe spark plug wires area... [with total darkness no sparking should be seen]

If any "arcing and sparking" [tiny blue flashes of light] are observed, plug wires are faulty...

Another test was to have a spray bottle with fine mist adjustment, and spray misty water above the plug wires area and watch for sparking...

Only recommended if you live in a dry low humidity area...

The final test was to test internal resistence with an ohm meter on each and every wire...

The going rate is that each wire should have @1,000 ohms resistence...