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Re: [Healeys] Spark Plugs

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Spark Plugs
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:56:48 -0800
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I think the Champions we have in our BN2/100M are RN9YC; I can verify 
this weekend.


On 1/27/2021 1:16 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:
> Not to get too far off the subject about Healeys, but my Harley 
> Davidson (30s technology like our cars) runs the best on the cheapest 
> Ford Autolite 4164 copper plugs.  I tried "high performance" plugs 
> from Harley Davidson and saw no difference.  Best of all they are only 
> 89 cents a piece when on sale and I only need two at a time.  Does 
> anyone know for sure which Champion plug works for the BN2?
> Mike MacLean
>
> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 10:18:57 AM PST, Kees Oudesluijs 
> <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
>
>
> Never had much problems with trouble because of plugs on any of my 
> vehicles in the past 55 years. The only thing that is more or less 
> important is to gap them, clean them once in a while and replace when 
> they are to far gone. I do not think I even did that in the last ten 
> years or so. I have nearly always used Champion plugs as they are very 
> cheap: between â?¬8 and â?¬15 for four.
>
> I presume that electronic ignition (Pertronix in my case) may also help.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> Op 27-1-2021 om 18:27 schreef Laurie Wilford:
> I continue to use only Champion plugs in my Healeys but have 
> experienced at least two episodes of plug problems over the years. 
> Based on the number of miles covered that is probably not too bad, but 
> the second time was with a newly installed set of plugs. One was 
> defective.
> Both times the symptoms were intermittent missing both at idle and on 
> the highway.  Finally changing plugs was of course one of the last 
> things I did.
>
> Laurie Wilford
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
>
>


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    I think the Champions we have in our BN2/100M are RN9YC; I can
    verify this weekend.<br>
    <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/27/2021 1:16 PM, Michael MacLean
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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Not to get too far off the
          subject about Healeys, but my Harley Davidson (30s technology
          like our cars) runs the best on the cheapest Ford Autolite
          4164 copper plugs.  I tried "high performance" plugs from
          Harley Davidson and saw no difference.  Best of all they are
          only 89 cents a piece when on sale and I only need two at a
          time.  Does anyone know for sure which Champion plug works for
          the BN2?<br>
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          <div> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 10:18:57 AM PST, Kees
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                <p>Never had much problems with trouble because of plugs
                  on any of my vehicles in the past 55 years. The only
                  thing that is more or less important is to gap them,
                  clean them once in a while and replace when they are
                  to far gone. I do not think I even did that in the
                  last ten years or so. I have nearly always used
                  Champion plugs as they are very cheap: between â?¬8 and
                  â?¬15 for four.</p>
                <p>I presume that electronic ignition (Pertronix in my
                  case) may also help.</p>
                <p>Kees Oudesluijs</p>
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                  <div class="yiv9461297388moz-cite-prefix">Op 27-1-2021
                    om 18:27 schreef Laurie Wilford:<br clear="none">
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                  <div>I continue to use only Champion plugs in my
                    Healeys but have experienced at least two episodes
                    of plug problems over the years. Based on the number
                    of miles covered that is probably not too bad, but
                    the second time was with a newly installed set of
                    plugs. One was defective. </div>
                  <div>Both times the symptoms were intermittent missing
                    both at idle and on the highway.  Finally changing
                    plugs was of course one of the last things I did.</div>
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                  <div>Laurie Wilford </div>
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