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 Post subject: Re: missfire
PostPosted:Tue May 13, 2014 10:48 pm 
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Car Details:4th Gen ls1
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Location:Wiltshire
Ahh you guys haven't lived till you've had 40k's worth of volts up yer arm :shock: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: missfire
PostPosted:Wed May 14, 2014 8:49 am 
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Car Details:80 T/A with a BBC
79 Z28
68 Firebird F 400
67 Firebird Convertible
Location:Penzance, Cornwall
Yes I found a HT spark problem that I did'nt know I had until I sparyed some WD40 on the bont catch of my Camper, then boooom and a large plume of flame, Luck I'm already bald... anyway 5 seconds later and a change off underwear it was all over.
I would imagine squiting water on HT lead's could be just as SHOCKING :oops: but no it work's I've tried it, it like a mini lightening storm :thumbup:


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 Post subject: Re: missfire
PostPosted:Fri May 16, 2014 11:15 pm 
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Yes I found a HT spark problem that I did'nt know I had until I sparyed some WD40 on the bont catch of my Camper, then boooom and a large plume of flame, Luck I'm already bald... anyway 5 seconds later and a change off underwear it was all over.
I would imagine squiting water on HT lead's could be just as SHOCKING :oops: but no it work's I've tried it, it like a mini lightening storm :thumbup:
:lol: Sorry to laugh at your misfortune Pa's F-bodies did it also singe yer nose hairs :lol:

Its quite a sight to see how big a gap you can get between the plug lead and an earth point on modern coil pack vehicles about 1.5 inches at atmospheric pressure but compress the air to 200 psi and it can struggle to jump the plug gap of 1.2mm so it takes the easy way down the outside of the porcelain to earth.
Bigger gap to jump but less resistance electricity is so lazy :yawn:

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 Post subject: Re: missfire
PostPosted:Sat May 17, 2014 7:42 am 
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Car Details:80 T/A with a BBC
79 Z28
68 Firebird F 400
67 Firebird Convertible
Location:Penzance, Cornwall
No worries z28stu, not a misfortune (that was 3 years ago) but a learning expirence, and it just show's that after 40 year's of "fixing stuff" we still learn from our mistakes, well should do :oops:


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 Post subject: Re: missfire
PostPosted:Sat May 17, 2014 3:19 pm 
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Location:Roswell New Mexico
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Ahh you guys haven't lived till you've had 40k's worth of volts up yer arm :shock: :lol:
As a lad I was apprenticed to someone who would check the spark by pulling off a plug lead from a running engine, wetting his finger, and sticking it in the cap :shock:
I tried it once :mrgreen:


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