-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
Okay while everyone is thinking sparks and such let me ask a question of the
old timers .
My sweet wife bought me an old Champion Spark Plug cleaning machine, the
kind with a hole to stick the dirty plug and pressing a lever sand blasts
the tip clean ( she didn't know what it was but " it looked like something
that the Duchess might enjoy ")
It works well but in using it I had a question come to mind. Given the cost
of new plugs why would anyone want to clean an old one ? I mean the labor
charge to clean the plugs has to be greater than the cost of buying a new
plugs . Were plugs real expensive back in the good old days ?
Secondly, part of this magic machine is a chamber to mount a plug ,
pressurize the chamber and fire the plug . The only measuring tool attached
is a pressure gauge but there is a mirror to see the plug fire.
What is this feature all about ?
Thanks
Bob Nogueira '' who now doesn't feel all that old "
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