Good Name, Enjoy Carl.
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt <waltcpa@sierra.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 2:10 PM
Subject: NO valve job needed
>Listers,
>Thanks to all who made suggestions about checking things to determine if a
>valve job was really needed. Well, after all the tests here is what was
>found:
> Compression (rounded to the nearest 5) was 120,115,115,120 (1 to 4)
> All plugs were black and 2&3 were wet with gas when pulled
> Rotor, cap, and wires all checked OK
> Plug 1 had good spark, 2&3 no spark, and 4 weak intermittent.
>
>Bad plugs!! Had put new Autolite platinum in less than 2000 miles ago, but
>as soon as new Champion N-9Y's were installed, ran fine. Need to adjust
>the carb (Weber DGV conversion by DPO) but otherwise seems to run good.
>Any thoughts on why plugs would go bad that quickly? Wrong brand maybe?
>
>Walt
>
>Walt Goddard
>waltcpa@sierra.net
>77B - Willie Nelson (on the road again)
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