X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d23.mx.aol.com ([205.188.139.137] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 712606 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:21:01 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.139.137; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-d23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r4.1.) id q.15d.585bf0bc (4592) for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:20:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <15d.585bf0bc.304ee378@aol.com> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:20:08 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Another great flying day,CDI iginition. To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1126009208" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5017 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1126009208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/6/2005 3:08:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, WRJJRS@aol.com writes: Lynn was that small gap WITH a MSD system? Bill Jepson The-115 plugs come with a gap of about .018" to .020". The retracted gap ground electrode is welded flat on the end of the plug. I just tap the ground with a screw driver tip, to close it up a bit. You need a wire loop type gage to check it. Once, while the car was warming up, I thought I saw a plug boot backed off a rear housing plug. I grabbed my giant straight slot screw driver, and using the frame tube as a fulcrum I pushed on the boot, while being careful not to touch any part of the car or the driver shank. The boot was all the way on, but before I could remove the driver, an arc jumped from the driver shank to my wrist watch. About 2 inches. I dropped the screwdriver. I sat in the grass slowly removing my watch. That hurt my pride, my arm, my wrist, my shoulder sockets and the balls of my feet. Less like being shocked by a plug wire from the lawn mower, and more like being hit in the head with a ball bat. I offered myself as a very high resistance parallel path around the plug gap. Didn't matter at all to the excess energy available. I have two stents now, and just watch things. Never reach in to do anything with the engine running. The MSD will fire once when you turn it on, and once when you turn it off. It needs a short gap to jump when this happens. Either a grounded plug or a gap to ground, under one inch. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1126009208 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 9/6/2005 3:08:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20 WRJJRS@aol.com writes:

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Lynn was that small gap WITH a MSD system?

Bill Jepson

The-115 plugs come with a gap of about .018" to .020". The retracted ga= p=20 ground electrode is welded flat on the end of the plug. I just tap the groun= d=20 with a screw driver tip, to close it up a bit. You need a wire loop type gag= e to=20 check it.

Once, while the car was warming up, I thought I saw a plug boot backed=20= off=20 a rear housing plug. I grabbed my giant straight slot screw driver, and usin= g=20 the frame tube as a fulcrum I pushed on the boot, while being careful not to= =20 touch any part of the car or the driver shank.

The boot was all the way on, but before I could remove the driver, an a= rc=20 jumped from the driver shank to my wrist watch. About 2 inches.

I dropped the screwdriver. I sat in the grass slowly removing my watch.= =20 That hurt my pride, my arm, my wrist, my shoulder sockets and the balls of m= y=20 feet.

Less like being shocked by a plug wire from the lawn mower, and more li= ke=20 being hit in the head with a ball bat. I offered myself as a very high=20 resistance parallel path around the plug gap. Didn't matter at all to the ex= cess=20 energy available.

I have two stents now, and just watch things. Never reach in to do anyt= hing=20 with the engine running.

The MSD will fire once when you turn it on, and once when you turn it o= ff.=20 It needs a short gap to jump when this happens. Either a grounded plug or a=20= gap=20 to ground, under one inch.

Lynn E. Hanover

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