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oiled up spark plugs

just fine.. Heat them with a propane torch till the insulator at the gap glows red, cool and they are fine. jim
 
DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT wire wheel a spark plug. The metal from the wire wheel gets deposited onto the ceramic insulator making it worthless. It will quickly carbon track and foul much sonner than before. Heating works ok. Bead blasting or using an actual abrasive spark plug cleaner is best.
 
If you're fouling new plugs (assuming the plugs and gaps are correct) and need the unit running you should buy/rig some jump sparks...puts extra strain on the ign system but will often keep you firing temporarily...
Replacing with the hottest plug in the range is also a possible temporary help, but every workaround has it's own side effects...
 
Never heard of jump sparks. I was told by NAPA that the autolite plug I had in it were the hottest made.
 
Oh, my, how time flies...are all of us who had to rig jump sparks to keep our jalopies going all passing to our rewards, if any???
Seriously, holding the spark plug wire from the dist a quarter inch or so from the plug electrode makes the spark voltage?? higher to jump the gap, sending a stronger/hotter elec impulse thru the plug,giving a stronger/hotter spark in the comb chamber...(I'm sure any electricians out there are dying laughing at that scientific explanation)...
Again, seriously, they used to be for sale at auto parts stores, but we couldn't afford things like that so we just rigged them...usually a stiff wire, coiled around the base of the plug where it screwed in, looped up around the plug wire well behind the terminal, bent to hold the terminal off the plug, but close enough the spark would jump to the plug...
Something may cone up Googling auto jump sparks??
 
Now I know what your talking about. Didn't know it had a name. Yes, Ive had to do that many times as a kid. I had a F-20 that I used the same sp hole for a tire pump. It finally got to sticking. I would do that to get a hotter spark. Diddnt know about ATF then.
 
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