In message <9605161810.AA00515@kegs.saic.com> Denise Thorpe writes:
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> Hoping to make this situation more complex, _I_ once saw a Midget run on
> two cylinders with no spark! The owner wanted to increase compression
> but was too cheap to buy different pistons so he had a lot of metal shaved
> off the bottom of the head. With two spark plugs out and no spark plug
> wires connected, he was turning the engine over by hand to adjust the valves
> when the thing started. It didn't run well or long, but it ran. So much
> metal had been shaved off the head that the engine had been turned into a
> diesel. He had to replace the head. Feel free to dispute this; I'm not
> sure I'm alive unless someone's contradicting me. ;-)
So much compression that it became a diesel, yet he was able to turn it over
with his hands, wow! Hope I don't run into this guy in a bad mood.
Dave Culgan
MG1100
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