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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Anyone know of a source for a spark plug cleaner
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 4547" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Spark plug cleaner</strong></p><p></p><p>I have one (a cleaner) which works off ecologically sound elbow grease. It consists of a tube about 5" long and 14 mm tapping size ID, full of steel rods about 0.030" diameter about 4" long. The cap has the same thread as a spark plug. Unscrew cap, screw in plug, shake vigorously for what always seems a VERY long time, then remove now cleaned plug. I think it was made by Champion before they realised that telling the truth, that plugs will last tens of thousands of miles if cleaned, and filed to have sharp edges and flat faces, wasn't good for business. Always makes me think of how furious Gillette must have been when Wilkinson produced a stainless steel blade that didn't rust and therefore didn't go blunt in three days and they (Gillette) were forced to follow......but quick to recover, they now sell "blade cartridges" so you buy 4 or 5 blades at one time. Me? I have a Phillishave. And very old spark plugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 4547, member: 4034"] [b]Spark plug cleaner[/b] I have one (a cleaner) which works off ecologically sound elbow grease. It consists of a tube about 5" long and 14 mm tapping size ID, full of steel rods about 0.030" diameter about 4" long. The cap has the same thread as a spark plug. Unscrew cap, screw in plug, shake vigorously for what always seems a VERY long time, then remove now cleaned plug. I think it was made by Champion before they realised that telling the truth, that plugs will last tens of thousands of miles if cleaned, and filed to have sharp edges and flat faces, wasn't good for business. Always makes me think of how furious Gillette must have been when Wilkinson produced a stainless steel blade that didn't rust and therefore didn't go blunt in three days and they (Gillette) were forced to follow......but quick to recover, they now sell "blade cartridges" so you buy 4 or 5 blades at one time. Me? I have a Phillishave. And very old spark plugs. [/QUOTE]
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