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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: FW: Re: Plugs and Mags
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:25:51 -0500
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> 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.
>


Thanks for the suggestion, Ernest.

Don't have a tourch at the moment, but could be good enough excuse to get
one - think of the money I'll save by reusing plugs {:>)

Ed A