I think they are also called a Coddington Magnifier, usually they are
10X magnafication.
On Oct 26, 2004, at 1:01 PM, kas kastner wrote:
>> Ok Kas, I'll display my own ignorance... what's a plug light?
>
> I looks just like a flashlight, except it has a shielded portion on
> the
> top and a small bulb inside and a magnifier in the veiwing portion.
> You
> hold the plug up into the shielded portion , snap on the light and
> peer at
> the plug through the magnifier and then say" well look at that".
> Generally
> for sale at a NAPA store for about $20. Really good ones have a high
> intensity bulb and the cheap ones are okay though. The magnifier is
> about a
> 3 power, 6 or 10 is better. Get that and a cheap skate sand blaster
> and
> take clean fresh plugs to the race and learn about all that stuff.
> File the
> electrodes after blasting to make the edges sharp with a cheap
> ignition file
> from NAPA and you've in essence got a new plug.
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