by "George W. Frost" <frosty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 6, 2008 at 12:03 AM
"Jason James" <at@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In article <9163a459-a84d-4a1a-9c6d-
>> 05954a314a89@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> says...
> An old lady used to come into the servo with her blue-smoke generator
(an
> EJ Premier Holdon) As I poured yet another quart of oil into the ol'd
grey
> motor. I asked her why she had cardigan buttons between each plug lead
and
> spark-plug. The piece of copper-wire went into one hole and out the
other
> to
> the plug. She assured me "it stops it burning so much oil"
>
> Jason
>
That is an old trick used by lots of people years ago, it actually
produces
a hotter spark,
but most things used were fibre washers.
The plug wire is cut and the washer put as a joiner.
With the late motors of today, don't think it is quite that necessary now
