Safety while working with spark plug wires

masmith masmith089 at qnet.com
Sat Dec 2 23:11:37 GMT 1995


At 05:57 PM 12/2/95 +1300, you wrote:
>Pulling plug wires off with the engine running is something that I do
>reasonably often to find weak or missing cylinders. This is mostly on
>older points type igntion where the leads are often dirty too.
>Side note: Dirty leads cause no end of bother when there's a bit of dew
>about. Far easier for a spark to go down the outside of an oil/water
>covered lead than through the carbon center. Discovering this also
>causes pain.
>
>My method for yanking leads off is to pull them off with a jumper cable.
>Clip the other end to a good earth and hang on to the insulated handle,
>clip it onto the boot and pull it off.
>
>
watch out for your catalyts assuming you  (still?) have one. (mine gets looked
for every two years  - im in la california)  this is a good way to overheat
it and 
start a fire if there is anything combustible around the cat.
Matt Smith
masmith089 at qnet.com
Mailer Eudora 1.4.4




More information about the Diy_efi mailing list