<VV> spark plug to airline adapter

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Sun Aug 13 18:43:44 EDT 2006


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Dan Timberlake

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> We are a small ma & pa job shop, we make about 300 different products, 
> mostly 100-1000 each a year, and being fully cnc can do those short runs ... 
> mostly to stay under the " buy it from China" problem... that isnt going 
> away ( sigh ) ... 
> 
> anyway, while playing with a stuck engine Oliver farm tractor, it has 
> occured to us that a hollow spark plug might have some use as follows: you 
> take out the regular plug, then pour in a ring-soaker ( fuel oil, Marvel 
> Mystery Oil, Liquid Wrench .. whatever ) then put in this new hollow spark 
> plug and chuck it up to an air hose ( I will machine on a chucking feature ) 
> with about 50 lbs pressure ( to be determined ) which will try to force the 
> solventschtick past the stuck rings ... therebye unsticking that one 
> cylinder faster .... repeat for all cylinders, maybe one a day we hope ... 
> 
> I need advice: 
> 
> 1) ok, so J.C.Whitney probably already has this ... or snap-on? anybody 
> know? We see that we could purchase a compression checker and cut off the 
> tube, but still wouldn[t have the air chuck adapter ... 
> 2) I think these could sell retail for maybe $5 area ... 
> 3) there remains the hassle of having to relax the valves on most of the 
> cylinders .. will anyone screw with that ( back off the rocker adjust? ) or 
> is it too much hassle??? 
> 
> ******** 
> Would appreciate any and all inputs, any long comments perhaps better 
> off-list at your discretion of getting a F. ticket from the F. list cops. 
> 
> Thanks for the time. 
> ken campbell, sweat shop owner and F. potty scrubber, deltawerkes 
> 
> 


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