WHAT IS A COW MAGNET? --- On Tue, 7/27/10, Ron Horowitz <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Ron Horowitz <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] RE:Common Misconceptions about Engines To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 9:35 PM Mike, "Theorizing, Visualizing, Practicing, Modeling, Pontificating, Opinionating , etc. You can play with semantics if you wish. If I spent my time indexing plugs, I too would say I felt or noticed a difference." Practicing, meaning actually trying things and observing the results, isn't an issue of semantics. It may be an issue of accurate observation versus self-delusion, yes. If I were having trouble with cold starts and plug wetting, especially on a vintage machine that I wanted to keep stock, what the hell, I'd try it and trust my own observations. If you don't want to, fine with me. > If I spent time & money to install cow magnets on >my Vespa, I would tell you I noticed a difference. Whether real or >imagined. Granted. >Ignition has nothing to due with plug wetting unless it doesn't fire. You've only made my point. Wet plugs _don't_ fire. That's the point. Turning the ground strap to shield to center electrode from the incoming "rain" of raw fuel seems to help keep them dry enough to fire on a cold start. YMMV, RON -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
