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Re: Help cure my Spring Fever

To: <mgs@autox.team.net>, "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>
Subject: Re: Help cure my Spring Fever
From: "Ian.Rutherford" <Ian.Rutherford@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:03:36 +0000
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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