<VV> Fwd: Cool stupid stuff in the garage

[Michael Kovacs]

 The only objection to the spark plug cleaner was the possibility of residual 
grit left jammed between the insulation and the shell. This could fall into the 
engine. Unlikely if you took care to clean them properly after removal from 
machine. 


 We used them in acft school to show that  higher compression could cause an 
apparently good plug to misfire at high cylinder pressure like in a supercharged 
engine.

 MIKE KOVACS




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From: Ken Pepke <kenpepke at juno.com>
To: Vair Views <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thu, August 4, 2011 9:10:11 AM
Subject: <VV> Fwd:  Cool stupid stuff in the garage


I have a media blast spark plug cleaner also; an old Champion model that 
includes a pressure tester.  I keep it real handy in my garage.  It is just the 
thing to 'tune up' a set of plugs, even new ones ... especially effective for 
race cars.

Ken P
Wyandotte, MI
Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up. 

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> From: "Karl Haakonsen" <cityhawk at sprint.blackberry.net>
> Date: August 3, 2011 8:54:47 PM EDT
> To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: <VV> Cool stupid stuff in the garage
> Reply-To: cityhawk at sprint.blackberry.net
> 
> I actually used to have a spark plug cleaner that one could use to media blast 
>the plug's electrodes... I used it on occasion when I was a teenager and 
>couldn't afford to buy new plugs.
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>