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Re: Amp gauge

To: JMerz140@aol.com
Subject: Re: Amp gauge
From: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 07:10:35 -0800
Jim:

The best plugs to use in the XPAG & XPEG engine are the NGK B6HS for the
short reach, and B6ES for the long reach. They have a wide heat range, and
work quite well.

Cheers:


Skip.............At 07:55 PM 1/29/98 EST, you wrote:
>Swamp Yankee,
>The TD ammeter is held in place by four semicircular tabs which are actually
>part of the case and located at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 oclock positions if I
>remember correctly.  They are bent outward and back against the rear side of
>the center panel.  The problem is that all too frequently, they break off
when
>bent back and forth like bending a strip of metal.  Almost needless to say,
>"Been there and done that".  The only fix I could come up with is to take an
>appropriate sized radiator hose clamp to hold the meter in place.  I ground
>grooves in the clamp in the areas of the illumination slots so that the
>instrument light could pass by the clamp and into the gauge.  I think I
ground
>two grooves for the light.  Slide the instrument in place, orient the
clamp in
>place and tighten it down a bit.  Doesn't have to be too tight to hold. It
>worked for me.
>The only numbers I recorded for an NGK plug is a B7HS (cold) and a B6HS
>(hotter).  I copied this out of a spark plug book at a local discount house.
>I can't say what the significance of the other letters might be in the NGK
>numbers you mentioned.  Jim
>
>


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