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Re: Can't start the darn thing - too cold

To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Can't start the darn thing - too cold
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:14:00 -0500
We did that to a few cars that wouldn't start in the cold one very cold
winter day a few years ago.  Removed the spark plugs, cleaned and heated
them.  Put them back in fast, and vrooom.

It's worth a shot.

Robert D.


-----Original Message-----

>    In my earlier life, with Triumph, BSA and a Panther bikes, I used
>to remove the spark plugs and carry them around in my pocket so that
>they were warm and dry for easier re-starting of the bike in cold
>weather.  Also stopped the bike getting nicked when it was left.
>
>Guy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
>>
>>     **5**.  I think that the issue lies around the spark plug
>possibly
>> getting corrosion on the electrode earth (eg not the core of the
>plug but the
>> tab that joins to the main body of the plug near the thread.

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