Spark Plugs

[Hammermechanicman]

How many people here do you think will know what "CW" means? I do.

 

[Rivets]

If you were talking electrically, you have three choices, Construction Wireman, Carrier Wave or Caution/Warning. Problem is it should be abbreviated C/W. CW without the slash would mean Clockwise. At least that is how I taught my students.

 

[StarTech]

Then there Continuous Wave or more commonly as Morse Code transmission and yes I still transmit in that mode as it becoming less common we relay things in code two ways.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

A bit familiar with CW. I was a morse interceptor in the Army back in the 70's in Berlin. Nothing like sitting and hacking dits for 8 hours a day. Only thing that makes it better is having a massive hangover and a raging thunder storm for an entire shift. Sure as heck can't do it now but i used to do 22 WPM.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

A bit familiar with CW. I was a morse interceptor in the Army back in the 70's in Berlin. Nothing like sitting and hacking dits for 8 hours a day. Only thing that makes it better is having a massive hangover and a raging thunder storm for an entire shift. Sure as heck can't do it now but i used to do 22 WPM.

Thank you for your service , Hammer ??????

 

[bertsmobile1]

Well...I feel like the prettiest girl at the dance. Thanks for the info. Very much appreciated as I've recently started studying electronics and this was super helpful. If I understood correctly, as far as the resistor vs non-resistor, it depends on the machine, resilience of the coil, as well as how critical timing is. Got it, I think.

Thank you for the "s" clarification as well. I'll stick with the standard plug for this machine then because I'm working on an older one. I do, however, have a correct cross-reference in my spark plug draw, it just has the "s". I'll gap it properly. I own this machine so any adverse consequences to my mistakes will be my own.

Usually spark plug threads bring out all of the You-tube watchers experts then the Ford / Chev brand prejudices etc & they can be a lot of fun .
Perhaps the scarcastic humour right from the start scarred them off .
Seems like you have your head screwed on right.
Plug grades & types are far more important for magneto ignitions than standard kettering ignition ( battery coil ) .
In almost the earliest motor cycle magazine I read was the brass button bodge for cleaning a fouled plug.
The Brass Buttons ( because every one wore old army great coats with brass buttons ) was to run the spark plug HT cable to a brass button then hold it off the spark plug .
This forced the spark to jump a fouled plug gap and eventually burn the crud off.
It is still a standard method of detecting an bad plug by a lot of mechanics & was one thing that those electronic tune up machines used to analyse your engine which were really popular in the 60's & 70's.
It is also what was behind all of those magic mileage / power boosters that were popular in the 70's & 80's till people realized they were a fraud.
I you can wrap your head around electronics then you are one in a million .
And once you have things sorted, buy your kids / grandkids / nephews & neices electronics kits to get them into it.
Nothing a small child loves more is to make a machine that makes a fart noise.
A bit off topic, but worth talking about
there are 3 things that every parent should give their kids to "play " with that will set them up for life
1) a musical instrument
2) a magnifing glass / microscope
3) electronics kits

 

[Scrubcadet10]

I had a magnifying glass, set everything on fire that I could during a sunshiny day.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

I thought the three things you let your kids play with were guns, knives and fireworks. It weeds out the dumb ones. ?

 

[Scrubcadet10]

I thought the three things you let your kids play with were guns, knives and fireworks. It weeds out the dumb ones. ?

that trick didn't work on me, heaheaheaheahheaa