X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 935089 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:15:30 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.208; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id q.2df.e791b5 (2168) for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:14:43 -0500 (EST) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <2df.e791b5.3102e503@aol.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:14:43 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: Lead Solvent or Cleaner To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1137806083" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5022 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1137806083 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/20/2006 4:30:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, lendich@optusnet.com.au writes: Humm, pressure washing???? Just popped into my head - I wonder?? Naturally, I would like a simply, straight forward, non-hazardous, inexpensive and effective method - oh, yes, and one that does not involved a lot of work {:>) Ed Years ago, you could take your plugs to any filling station, and use the official Champion plug cleaner. A blue/grey box with a rubber cover that had a hole in it to insert the plug. You pushed a button and wiggled the plug around a bit, and the plug came out like new. I don't know if it was done with glass beads, or walnut hulls, or sand. Along side this box, was another that had a glass window in so when you screwed the cleaned plug in the box, you could see the end of it through the window. You connected the high voltage lead and opened a valve to increase air pressure in the box. The plug would keep arcing right up to full line pressure, where a dirty plug would not. No longer available because "A" few people know what a spark plug is, and "B" Lawyers. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1137806083 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 1/20/2006 4:30:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,=20 lendich@optusnet.com.au writes:
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 Humm, pressure washing???? Just popped into=20= my=20 head - I wonder??
 
Naturally, I would like a simply, straight forward= ,=20 non-hazardous, inexpensive and effective method - oh, yes, and one that do= es=20 not involved a lot of work {:>)
 
Ed
 
Years ago, you could take your plugs to any filling station, and use th= e=20 official Champion plug cleaner. A blue/grey box with a rubber cover that had= a=20 hole in it to insert the plug.
 
You pushed a button and wiggled the plug around a bit, and the plug cam= e=20 out like new.
I don't know if it was done with glass beads, or walnut hulls, or=20 sand.
 
Along side this box, was another that had a glass window in so when you= =20 screwed the cleaned plug in the box, you could see the end of it through the= =20 window.
 
You connected the high voltage lead and opened a valve to increase air=20 pressure in the box.
The plug would keep arcing right up to full line pressure, where a dirt= y=20 plug would not.
 
No longer available because "A" few people know what a spark plug is, a= nd=20 "B" Lawyers.
 
 
Lynn E. Hanover
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