[6pack] Spark plug torque

[ed]

Dick:

I am out on the Canadian prairie, a long way from the beaches, 
(unfortunately), and we get sand lodged in our engines, too.  But here it 
comes from the winter "road sand mix" applications, and it gets blown about 
by the traffic.

An interesting thing happened a few weeks ago.  A power line carrying 25,000 
volts shorted from an accumulation of calcium chloride which is used in the 
winter road sand mix.  It evaporates and is attracted to the glass coated 
power line insulators and builds up and forms a conductive surface removing 
the insulating capability of the glass insulators.  Then the power line 
shorts, and knocks out all the power in the downtown area.  Suddenly drivers 
have to learn to think about what to do without traffic signals.

Ed
1976 TR6
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor at webtv.net>
To: "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>; <6pack at autox.team.net>; 
<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Spark plug torque


> Blowing sand is what we pick up in the nooks and crannies of our cars, 
> here is So. Cal.   Desert and beaches, indeed!  (We don't have much real 
> "dirt").
>
> Dick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oliver
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:02 PM
> To: 6pack at autox.team.net, triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [6pack] Spark plug torque
>
> sand?
>
> where do you work on your car????
>
> at the beach????
>
>
>> It's good to be sure there's no sand has found it's way  onto the plug
>> surface in the head. I blow out the area out beforehand.
>>
>> Dick
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