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Re: Spark Plug Voodoo
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Posted by Gomer on February 15, 2004 at 20:43:42 from (64.12.97.12):
In Reply to: Spark Plug Voodoo posted by Peabody on February 14, 2004 at 16:52:47:
Yep-----the extra gap will cause the old plug to fire. We used to have trouble with old John Deere's misfiring due to worn out or old spark plugs. We just hooked a rubber piece to the wire and hung it over the spark plug leaving about a one-fourth inch gap. It ran all day, until we could get new spark plugs. I have a motorcycle that will flood a little and wet one of the plugs. It will mis-fire until I lift the wire and boot off the plug and listen to it snap. Then it will start to fire and run ok all day.
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