Ha! I've got a Bobcat commercial push mower with 6hp Briggs and Stratton engine on it. It is now 19 or 20 years old. Original plug. Thought about replacing it last season, but it really didn't look worn, cleaned it up and stuck it back in.
I do confess it is the ultimate in simplicity and rugged design. Cast aluminum deck (much thicker than stamped), push propel (no shwanky self propulsion system to worry about), cast iron block. Even has zerk fitting on all of the wheel bushings. I converted it to a mulching mower - pop riveted some sheet metal over the rear grass shoot. With no heavy bag to lug around, no worries about needing self propulsion, and with nicely greased wheels you can almost push it with one finger.
Even has the original blade - just run a metal file over it beginning of every season to keep it sharp.
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The original?!! Well, it was certainly due.
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But you SAID "Visual inspection of the plug revealed no gap fault" and I woulda SEEN it black moist carbon coated grounding filth from sitting in your damp old environment and and you said "revealed no fault" and, I'M not PLAYing your GAME, I QUIT.glasseye wrote:Hence, a short between the two electrodes on the plug. When the plug was body was grounded, the spark went straight from center electrode to ground invisibly.
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I still can't see it . No oily deposits. No carbon. I have been wrong before...
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Really?glasseye wrote:I still can't see it . No oily deposits. No carbon. I have been wrong before...
I could post a macrophoto in self defense.
Do you think the center electrode has a break inside the porcelain? Are we really discussing this?
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles