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el cheapo spark plug holder
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2000 2:15 pm
by Zachariah Mully
Well since my company has a contract with the National Confectioners
Association, everytime anyone goes to their offices they come back with bags
full of candy... I happened to be looking for a snack just now so dipped
into the bag and pulled out a tube of mini-M&M's... Hmmm I thought as I ate
them... This is a pretty rugged plastic tube they put them in, looks like it
seals pretty well too, I betcha I could use this for something... WAIT! It's
about the right size for a spare spark plug!
So instead of spending the $5 on an Acerbis spark plug holder, go spend 60
cents at your 7-11, get the sugar rush and pocket the tube for your bike.
Just thought the other cheap bastards like myself out there might
appreciate the tip..
Thanks,
Zack
1991 KLR
el cheapo spark plug holder
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2000 7:50 pm
by The Squasher
Good Itea. How do you change a spark plug in the field? That would be the
only reason why you would need a plug case. I looked at my bike and I would
need to remove the fuel tank. Looks like I would spill gas everywhere. Have
you ever changed a plug in the field? How often do you need to change a
plug? 2 strokes are the ones that usally eat up plugs.
Thanks
A15
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:13:23 -0400
From: "Zachariah Mully"
Subject: El Cheapo Spark plug holder
I happened to be looking for a snack just now so dipped
into the bag and pulled out a tube of mini-M&M's... Hmmm I thought as I ate
them... This is a pretty rugged plastic tube they put them in, looks like it
seals pretty well too, I betcha I could use this for something... WAIT! It's
about the right size for a spare spark plug!
..Thanks,Zack1991 KLR
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el cheapo spark plug holder
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2000 3:01 pm
by Tom Myers
The **REAL** el-cheapo spark plug carrier is the little cardboard box
it came in.
I've been leaving my sparkplugs in the box, and storing them on the
dealer's shelf. I can't remember the last time I needed one on the
trail......since I sold my CR250 in 1988. I never once changed the
plug on my KX250.
Who's fouling plugs on a modern fourstroke? I carry a plugwrench;
cuz I envision drowning the bike in deep water someday. I can't
imagine needing a new plug on the trail (as long as I don't drop the
plug into the water!!).
Just curious.
Tom
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[dsn_klr650] malcom smith ride
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2000 3:13 pm
by Dale_Johnson@ahm.honda.com
So Cal USA
"Harry Thames" on 08/25/2000 12:49:17 PM
To:
DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Dale
Johnson/AHM/AM/HONDA@HONDAAM
cc:
Subject Re: [DSN_klr650] Malcom Smith ride
:
What state or territory are we talking about.
Harry Thames
South Carolina
el cheapo spark plug holder
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2000 4:33 pm
by Mick
Seems like a good idea to have one, since they don't weigh anything.
Another handy use for them is to be able to check to make sure you
still have spark, without having to pull your working plug. Of
course if your not able to run, you will most likely want to take a
gander at the gap area of the worker.
Mick
Still collecting the items one should carry in the woods.
--- In
DSN_klr650@egroups.com, ephilride@a... wrote:
> TomMyers@c... writes:
>
> > Who's fouling plugs on a modern fourstroke? I carry a
plugwrench;
> > cuz I envision drowning the bike in deep water someday. I can't
> > imagine needing a new plug on the trail (as long as I don't drop
the
> > plug into the water!!).
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Tom
>
> Dear Just Curious Tom,
>
> I always try and remember to carry an extra plug (or two). I think
it is a
> partly a carry over from the old days (20:1 two-strokes) mostly,
but, if your
> bike quits running, what are the simple diagnostic checks? Do you
have gas -
> yes. Do you have fire (spark)? Pull the plug and check. No
> spark......hummmm ... wonder if I got a bad plug or shorted wire or
bad CDI
> or....? A spare plug can eliminate (and fix) one of those
possibilities. I
> have fouled a plug on my bi-cylinder BMW....just started running
crapy on one
> cylinder. Change plug.....and good a s new! So, it does
occasionally
> happens. Now if that had happened on a one-lunger.....you're dead
meat
> without a spare plug and it could be a long walk for help!
>
> But statistically, over the last 30 or so years, a *bad plug* has
spoiled my
> day more than any other than failure mode, 'cept for rider
error ;~) Now
> I've had my share of phat tars, bent shift forks, banged up gears,
broken
> cranks, slung chains, busted hubs, and seized pistons.........but
clearly, I
> have fowled more spark plugs than all of the above combined. Sure,
the
> efficient 4-stroke, unleaded fuel and modern ignition systems have
greatly
> improved over the years, but things happen and one of those
*things* is a
> fouled plug! So Tom, continue to live dangerously and maybe, just
maybe, one
> of your riding buds will have a spare plug to get you going
again........cuz
> you'll need one....sooner or later!
>
> Knot - who has fizzled out deep in the backwoods more than he cares
to admit.
>
> ps: Ol' Knot carries a tow rope next to his plugs...just in case!