spark plug wire issue, How/why did this happen rite after replacing the wire? Options

[Malhar95]

today i replaced my sparkplug wires (bosch replacement)at the autozone parking lot. i drove it back home, about half a mile away. 3 things:

1. car was alot smoother at first.

2. i floored it, shifted smooth from 1-2, then kinda took long to shift from 2nd to 3rd at ~65mph.(its auto)

3. stoped it in front of my house, i felt asif its idling weird (my friend who was at the passenger seat said he didnt notice anything.)
so i popped the hood, felt asif a wires loose, so i pulled it out and the car naturally shut off immediately. made sure all the connections were fine then tried to start it again, and my battery was too weak to start the car..

now im waiting for my brother to come for a jump.


my question is:

the battery dying, is that a coincidence, or related to replacing the wires. could i have messed anything up or not done it rite?

ive done it before so its not like i dont know how to replace wires, pretty simple but can somebody tell the process again so i can make sure im not stupid?

This post has been edited by Malhar95: Sep 6, 2011 - 2:28 AM

[stephen_lee]

timing wont change when all you did was change plugs/wires.

but if u must. get a timing light, follow instructions on hooking it up to your car. (if its a digital advance or any of that special crap, leave it at 0*) bridge E1 and TE1 in the diag box. point the light at the crank pulley. make sure the "V" cut out in the crank pulley lines up with the 10 on the lower timing cover when the light flashes (it'll be obvious). if not, loosen the bolts on your dizzy and rotate the dizzy till it does. tighten, and retest timing.

This post has been edited by stephen_lee: Sep 7, 2011 - 9:29 AM