How do you remove the spark plug wires from the magneto cap?

its an american bosch or a eaismann similar internally to the mjk bosch as fitted to the d2/d4 series. the plug wire should just push in dont worry if the cable breaks as you can still get wire plug lead cable from most small engine shops i got mine from a motorcycle place. just save the ends if you can as they are hard to get.

The wires seem really tight in the cap - to the point where they really don’t pull out. I won’t be back in the area of the tractor until Friday but I’ll get more aggressive in trying to pull them out.

You might try twisting them back and forth a twit with a wire plier to break the insulator free. They can get pretty tight after a few decades. But they do simply pull out.

Shoot some WD-40 in there first and get them to loosen up.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. It turns out that the wires were glued in with yellow Cat enamel. I finally broke them loose and extracted them with pliers and without cracking the cap. Who’d athunk it? Now I have bigger fish to fry...