well, after lookin around and reading some posts by Dr J and Larry A, i returned the NGK plats and picked up some Champion coppers. gapped them to 0.031, ready to go in. with the difference in price, i also picked up a couple of bottle of DOT 3 brake fluid to freshen up the brakes, and i got a nice little $61 credit back
that will pay for the new accordian hose.