Hi Michael,
we used to get lots of bother here going back about
20 years or so with cars not starting on cold damp mornings, (its not
such a problem with modern gear/ fuel injection etc) so I was shown a
quick trick by the local garage mechanic. Best use a soft pencil,
the softer the lead the better but standard HB is fine (if you have
that scale for hardness). Take the plugs out and give them a quick
wipe dry because they usually get soaked in fuel if it will not
start. Then just scribble the pencil over the spark gap electrodes,
both sides of the gap, then all along the cathode side (earth) and
to the threads, ie making a trail of lead from the electrode to
the threads were the earth is made. There is nothing more to it than
that, the graphite (lead, we call it) from the pencil apparently
gives better conduction. Then put them back and try it. If you have
the plugs all out at the same time give the engine a turn on the
starter to blow out excess fuel because often on a cold morning the
engine gets flooded and that is half the problem with not starting.
This is a lot quicker than heating the plugs in the oven along with
the HT leads/dist. cap - as a last resort.
cheers,
Ian
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From: "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>
> To: "Ian.Rutherford" <Ian.Rutherford@newcastle.ac.uk>,
><mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Help cure my Spring Fever
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:34:05 -0500
> Ian, can you elaborate in more detail on the pencil trick - sounds
> intriguing.
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