Return-Path: Received: from rtp-iport-2.cisco.com ([64.102.122.149] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 621106 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:12:14 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.102.122.149; envelope-from=echristl@cisco.com Received: from rtp-core-2.cisco.com (64.102.124.13) by rtp-iport-2.cisco.com with ESMTP; 25 Jan 2005 11:11:44 -0500 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Received: from [172.18.179.151] (echristl-linux.cisco.com [172.18.179.151]) by rtp-core-2.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j0PGBeoA020579 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:11:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41F66FBD.8010705@cisco.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:11:41 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040929 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: Re: Plugs and Mags References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ed Anderson wrote: >I have save the plugs thinking I will clean them off and reuse them - but >the normally cleaning ( blasting) will probably cause more wear than usage. >Been looking for some solvent that would dissolve lead deposits without >eating the spark plug metal - have not found it yet. > > > Ed, you might try burning the lead out with an OA torch. Maybe try a very lean flame. Keep the center cone of the flame off the metal casing, and don't to let it get too hot. The platinum probably won't even feel the heat. It should work to burn off carbon, too. Knew an old guy who used to bake his plugs if they ever got flooded.